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TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE IN JAMES CITY COUNTY, JANUARY - APRIL 2008 Shirley Devan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

FIFTY YEARS OF THE LYNCHBURG CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT, 1959-2008 Rexanne M. Bruno and Larry L. Farmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

THE JUNE 2009 VSO FORAY, GREENVILLE AND SUSSEX COUNTIES: IN SEARCH OF BACHMAN’S SPARROW Wendy Ealding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS: 2008-2009 SEASON Teta Kain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 2008 VIRGINIA AVIAN RECORDS COMMITTEE Amy K. Gilmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

VIRGINIA SOCIETY OF ORNITHOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING, 2009 Alyce Quinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

BIRDS OF WINTERGREEN, BOOK REVIEW David Spears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

CORRECTIONS TO VOLUME 79 OF THE RAVEN 2008 VSO OFFICERS LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 2008 ANNUAL MEETING REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 2007-2008 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

LOCAL CHAPTERS OF THE VSO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE IN JAMES CITY COUNTY, JANUARY – APRIL 2008

BY SHIRLEY DEVANWilliamsburg Bird Club

P.O. Box 1085Williamsburg, VA 23187

A Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) was observed at a Virginia residence in James City County, near the city of Williamsburg, for 29 consecutive days in January of 2008, and again at the same site on 5 April 2008. This was the second sighting of this species in Virginia and followed closely the first, brief sighting by Matt Hafner on 19 November, 2007 at Harvey’s Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway near milepost 95 (Purdy, 2008).

Residents Mac and Kathi Mestayer first observed the bird in their yard on New Year’s Day, mainly on a large, berry-laden cedar tree. They called me that day, and also on the following day to say that the bird was still there. Mac was familiar with this western species from having lived in Palo Alto, CA. I alerted fellow Williamsburg Bird Club members Alex Minarik, Susan Powell, Mike Powell and Brian Taber and drove over to see the rarity. The bird allowed such close views and photography that every field mark described in the 2008 National Geographic Complete Birds of North America (Alderfer, 2008) was well seen. The bird’s behavior also matched that book’s description: “...in some wintering situations, individuals hold territory with extensive supply of small fruits (e.g., juniper berries) defended by call note and, rare in North American birds, song.” (p. 483) and the identity was not in question.

The accompanying photograph, taken in January at the Mestayer property by Joseph Piotrowski, provides visual documentation of the bird’s identity.

During January and February of 2008 there were reports of Townsend’s Solitaire far east of its normal range, including localities in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Iowa, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Arkansas (see Block, 2008).

Over the following weeks there were many visitors to the yard. The extended stay provided an unexpected opportunity to document interesting behaviors of a bird far from home. The following are excerpts from some of the internet postings on Virginia Birds (VA List Serve):

On January 3rd, Mike Boatwright reported: “The bird was quite active for most of the hour or so that we were there and we heard it give it’s characteristic one-note, soft, bell-like “tew” call briefly. The solitaire also gave its squeaky “eeek” call often. After a few minutes we were able to locate the bird by it’s call alone.”

On January 12, I reported: “Members of the Williamsburg

Bird Club arrived about 10 AM and the Solitaire appeared shortly thereafter. We watched as the Solitaire engaged an Eastern Bluebird near the cedar tree. It had a confrontation with about two dozen Cedar Waxwings in the tulip poplar tree. After the battle with the Cedar Waxwings it came down to the birdbath for a drink. The Solitaire was very active and spent a great deal of energy chasing other birds.”

On January 29th, I observed: “The cedar tree has lost a lot of its berries – no wonder, with all


the birds feasting on it. I observed the Solitaire trying to eat berries from the end of a branch by hovering (hummingbird style) while trying to snatch a berry. [ed’s note: hovering behavior has been reported previously for Townsend’s Solitaire (see Bowen, 1997)]. If that strategy is successful, the bird is spending quite a lot of energy to get its food. After a Cooper’s Hawk streaked through the yard at the roof line and the birds got up enough gumption to come out of the trees, the Solitaire perched on its favorite tulip poplar and eventually moved to the birdbath for a drink. The bird was not calling nearly as much as it was earlier in the month. I only heard it a couple of times. Neither Baltimore Orioles nor Cedar Waxwings were evident during the 45 minutes I was there.”

On January 4, Brenda Tekin reported: “Quite a few birds visited the yard many of which, like the Townsend’s, fed on the cedar berries. The Townsend’s flew out of the cedar, scolding and overall appeared very agitated. It flew back into the cedar and birds scattered with the Townsend’s in pursuit. Up until this time the Townsend’s did not seem to mind the endless flow of other birds flying into the cedar that included Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, Northern Mockingbird, Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, House Finch and Baltimore Oriole. A small handful of birds were driven out of the cedar tree by the Townsend’s, flying a short distance to perch in the upper bare branches of the poplar tree. The Townsend’s chased them off, at times fluttering around and vocalizing rather loudly. The small flock of birds appeared to be mostly Cedar Waxwing with at least two Pine Warblers. Whatever they were, it was evident the Townsend’s had zero tolerance for their presence in the immediate vicinity of the yard.”

On January 21, Stephen Eccles reported: “Arrived at the Williamsburg location just before 10 am, Monday morning. It was quite cold. The solitaire was immediately found, in sole possession of the cedar. Almost at once, a large flock of Cedar Waxwings started to accumulate, reaching just over 200 birds. They were joined by a small flock of robins, a handful of flickers, several starlings, a few bluebirds and some cardinals,

white-throated sparrows and house finches. A couple of mockingbirds kept their distance. The solitaire made a few attempts to chase off some waxwings, but it was only half-hearted in view of the numbers of competitors. I wonder how long this food source will last?”

There were no observations of the bird from January 29th until April 5th, when the Mestayers again saw the bird in their yard eating holly berries. It was not seen after that date.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to homeowners Kathi and Mac Mestayer for their hospitality and for their successful efforts to create a bird-friendly yard, which is certified as a National Wildlife Federation Backyard habitat. Thanks also to Joseph Piotrowski for providing the photograph of the bird described in this article.

Literature Cited

Alderfer, J. K. 2008. National Geographic Complete Birds of North America. National Geographic, Washington, DC. 640pp.

Block, N. 2008. Sightings. Birding 40(2):28-29.

Bowen, R. V. 1997. Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi). The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu.proxy.lib.umich.edu/bna/species/269 doi:10.2173/bna.269

Purdy, M. 2008. “Sightings” in The Roanoke Valley Bird Club January 2008 Newsletter, p. 3

VA List Serve. [email protected]


FIFTY YEARS OF THE LYNCHBURG CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT, 1959-2008By Rexanne M. Bruno and Larry L. Farmer

The first Lynchburg Christmas Bird Count was conducted in 1927. For the next three decades the count was conducted sporadically. Only eighteen counts were conducted from 1927 through 1954 (all with less than ten participants); on the 1950 count, there were record highs of 59 species, 2887 individual birds, and nine participants. In 1959, the Lynchburg Bird Club began organizing the count and has continued doing so annually since (Moore, 1999). In 2008 the fiftieth consecutive Lynchburg Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was conducted.

The count circle for the Lynchburg Christmas Bird Count is centered on the campus of Lynchburg College (Latitude: 37° 24’ N, Longitude: 79° 11’ W). This location was chosen by Dr. Ruskin Freer, professor of biology there, who started the count. The entire city of Lynchburg plus some of the surrounding area are in the count circle. Over the years much of the land in the counties around the city has been developed. Over half of the habitat in the count circle is now urban. But there are plenty of large wooded areas, fields, lakes, ponds, rivers, and creeks that have kept the count interesting over the years.

Forty-five species were recorded on the 1959 count and 84 on the fiftieth count in 2008. The 45 species seen in 1959 were the lowest recorded over the period; the highest number of 92 was seen in 1976 and again in 1977. The average number recorded over the fifty-year period is 75 species. Over the last twenty years, the number of species stabilized to around 80 per year. The number of species observed each year on the fifty CBCs is shown in Figure 1.

Over the years, 93 species were added to the initial 45 species seen in 1959, bringing the cumulative number of species seen on the

Lynchburg CBC to 138. Figure 2 depicts how the cumulative number of species has grown over fifty years.

Table 1 (see pp. 11-12) contains the complete list of species. This table also shows the first year that each species was recorded during this fifty year period (the first year recorded is underlined for species also recorded prior to 1959). The only species seen prior to 1959 that has not been recorded in the past fifty years is a Northern Shrike that was seen in 1950. The total number of birds seen each year ranged from a low of 1,850 in 1959 to a high of 1,747,741 in 1967.

Fifteen species were only recorded once during the past fifty years. The column labeled ‘No. Years Recorded’ in Table 1 shows these species with a ‘1’ in the column. Some of these one-time CBC sightings were notable local and state records:

• 2 Surf Scoters in 2000 - one of only three sightings in the Lynchburg area (Sattler, Ferrell, Dalmas, Bruno, 2003)

• 1 Eared Grebe in 1987 - the only winter record for this species in the Lynchburg area (Sattler et al., 2003) and one of only seven Piedmont records for the species in Virginia (Rottenborn, Brinkley, 2007)

• 1 Common Moorhen in 1975 - provided the Lynchburg area extreme date for this species of 20 Dec (Sattler et al., 2003) and one of only two winter records for the Piedmont (Rottenborn, Brinkley, 2007)

• 1 Snowy Owl in 1964 - one of only two recent sightings in the Lynchburg area (Sattler et al., 2003).

• 1 Black-chinned Hummingbird in 2007 – the only one ever recorded on a Virginia CBC (Kain, pers. comm.)


• 1 Calliope Hummingbird in 2008 – the only one officially recorded on a Virginia CBC as documentation on one seen on the 2000 Nansemond River CBC was never submitted to the Virginia Avian Records Committee (VARCOM) (Kain, pers. comm.)

• 2 Sedge Wrens in 1975 - one of only two winter sightings in the Lynchburg area (Sattler et al., 2003)

• 3 Snow Buntings in 1959 - one of only two recent winter records in the Lynchburg area (Sattler G. et al., 2003)

Twenty-nine species were rarely recorded, i.e., more than once but ten or fewer times over the fifty-year period. These species are identified with a number between ‘2’ and ‘10’ in the column labeled ‘No. Years Recorded’ in Table 1. There are some notable records among these sightings:

• Snow Goose – a single blue morph was seen in 1965 and eight white morphs in 1983

• Horned Grebe – the seven observed on the 1977 CBC are the second highest number ever seen in the Lynchburg area (Sattler et al., 2003)

• Double-crested Cormorant – the two seen in 1995 provided the Lynchburg area and Piedmont extreme date for this species of 16 Dec (Sattler et al., 2003; Rottenborn, Brinkley, 2007)

• Green Heron – the 1987 sighting provided the Lynchburg area extreme date for this species of 19 Dec (Sattler et al., 2003)

• Barn Owl – a single owl was seen for three consecutive years (1976-1978) and the species has not been recorded again on this CBC

• Long-eared Owl – a single owl was seen in 1977, again in 1979, and never seen again on the count

• Rufous Hummingbird – two were banded in 2006 and both returned to the same feeders in 2007; another was banded in 2008 (and returned to a different feeder in the same neighborhood in 2009); the hummingbirds only identified as Selasphorus on CBCs in 2001, 2003, and 2004 are also presumed to be Rufous (Sattler et al., 2003). In total ten hummingbirds have been seen on this count since 2001. Some birders around the state theorize that this large number of hummingbirds seen while overwintering in the Lynchburg area

is related to increased community awareness of wintering hummingbirds. In a weekly nature column in the local newspaper, Thelma Dalmas encourages people to leave hummingbird feeders out late into the fall and winter to attract wintering hummingbirds and to report all late sightings. After someone reports one to her, she advises them about continuing care through the winter and arranges for the hummingbird to be banded and identified.

• Black-capped Chickadee – those seen on 1983 CBC provided the Lynchburg area peak count and extreme date of 17 Dec (Sattler et al., 2003)

• Gray Catbird – single birds were seen sporadically (in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1993, and 2004). A catbird was first recorded on the Lynchburg CBC in 1942. This was the first one recorded on a Virginia Piedmont CBC; another wasn’t found until two were seen on the Charlottesville CBC in 1965. (Kain, pers. comm.)

• Palm Warbler – the two recorded on the 1984 CBC were a peak count for the Lynchburg area (Sattler et al., 2003)

• Vesper Sparrow – the four seen on the 1981 CBC provided the Lynchburg area peak count (Sattler et al., 2003)

• Baltimore Oriole – the single bird seen on the 1966 CBC provided an extreme date for this species in the Lynchburg area of 31 Dec (Sattler et al., 2003)

• Red Crossbill – nine birds seen on both the 1975 and 1980 CBCs provided the peak count for this species in the Lynchburg area (Sattler et al., 2003).

Twenty-seven species were recorded on all fifty counts; these species have the number ‘50’ in the column labeled ‘No. Years Recorded’ in Table 1. Thirty-two species were seen on nearly all of the counts, i.e., forty or more but not all fifty counts; see Table 1. The remaining thirty-four species were seen on more than ten counts but fewer than forty; see Table 1.

Of the seemingly abundant species seen on forty or more counts, the one with the lowest average number seen on a count is the Brown Thrasher, with an average of only 2.1 per count,


whereas the species with the highest average seen per count is the European Starling, with an average seen of 112,370. The average number of starlings is exceedingly high due to the number found at a local blackbird roost that existed from the early 1960s into the 1970s. The highest number of starlings recorded was 1,134,250 in 1967, which is a peak count for the Lynchburg area and winter peak count for the Virginia Piedmont (Sattler et al., 2003; Rottenborn, Brinkley, 2007). Other record numbers of blackbirds recorded at this roost were:

• 173,910 Red-winged Blackbirds in 1970 – the peak count for the Lynchburg area (Sattler et al., 2003)

• 17,450 Rusty Blackbirds in 1967 – the peak count for the Lynchburg area and the Virginia Piedmont (Sattler et al., 2003; Rottenborn, Brinkley, 2007)

• 454,000 Common Grackles in 1964 – the peak count for the Lynchburg area and the winter peak count for the Piedmont (Sattler et al., 2003; Rottenborn, Brinkley, 2007)

• 127,875 Brown-headed Cowbirds in 1970 – the peak count for the Lynchburg area and the highest number seen on a CBC in the U.S. that year (Monroe B, 1971; Sattler et al., 2003).

The record highest number of birds seen for all species and the year they were recorded are shown in Table 1 in the columns below ‘Highest Count’ that are labeled ‘No.’ and ‘Year.’ High count numbers that are underlined in the table indicate a peak count for the Lynchburg area (Sattler et al., 2003; Dalmas, pers. comm.). Some of these high counts were also state or national records:

• 93 Wild Turkeys in 2000 – a winter peak count for the Piedmont (Rottenborn, Brinkley, 2007)

• 220 Eastern Screech-Owls in 1976 – the peak count not only for the Lynchburg area but all of Virginia, at the time the all-time high count on a CBC in the U.S. and Canada and still the highest number of screech owls reported on a CBC in the U.S. and Canada (Monroe B, 1977; Sattler et al., 2003; Rottenborn, Brinkley, 2007; Kain, pers. comm..)

• 1,391 American Crows in 1985 – a winter peak count for the Piedmont (Rottenborn, Brinkley, 2007)

• 376 Red-breasted Nuthatches in 1977 – the peak count not only for the Lynchburg area, but all of Virginia, and the high count on a CBC in the U.S. and Canada that year (Monroe B, 1978; Sattler et al., 2003; Rottenborn, Brinkley, 2007)

• 38 Winter Wrens in 1973 – the peak count for the Piedmont (Rottenborn, Brinkley, 2007)

• 1,486 House Finches in 1993 – the winter peak count in the Piedmont (Rottenborn, Brinkley, 2007)

The following sightings for several individual species over the fifty-year period are also noteworthy:

• Gadwalls did not appear on the count until one was recorded in 1976 and again in 1977. They were not seen again until nine were recorded in 1991 and now have been observed every year since.

• The number of American Wigeon sightings has increased over the last twenty-five years. They were only seen five times during the first twenty-five years of the count (in 1960, 1975, 1976, 1978, and 1979); they’ve been seen eleven times since (in 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, and 2007).

• Not surprisingly, Northern Bobwhite numbers and sightings have diminished significantly over the last twenty years. The record high number of bobwhite seen was 159 in 1976 (and 153 were seen in 1973). Their decline started in the 1980s, became more obvious in 1990 when only one was recorded, and was undeniable when none were found in 2000, 2004, 2007, and 2008. The number of bobwhites has decreased by 1.3 per year on average over the fifty-year period. Figure 3 illustrates this decline.

• Interestingly only one Black Vulture and one Turkey Vulture were seen in 1959. Their numbers have steadily increased, although no Black Vultures were even recorded for a few years in the late 1960s.


There were always fewer Black Vultures than Turkey Vultures until 2007 (in fact, there were usually about half as many Black Vultures as Turkey Vultures in most years). The number of Turkey Vultures has increased by 9.9 per year on average while the number of Black Vultures increased by 6.9 per year. The increase in the numbers of both species is illustrated in Figure 4.

• The first Bald Eagle was seen on this count in 1979. It did not appear again until 1995 when one was recorded and then three were seen in 1997. Beginning in 2000 Bald Eagles have been seen every year except 2006. Their record high count is six seen in 2003.

• American Coots were only seen twice in the first fifteen years of this count (one each in 1966 and 1967). But since 1974 they have been seen every year, with a high count of 62 in 1998.

• Killdeer were often missed in the early years of this count. They were only recorded four times through 1970, but they have been seen in all but one year since (missed in 1999). The high count for Killdeer is 41, which were seen in 1975.

• The American Woodcock was first observed on the count in 1969. Low numbers of woodcocks were seen most years thereafter into the mid-1990s, but they have only been recorded once in the last five years (one in 2008). The highest number of woodcocks recorded was six in 1992.

• Ring-billed Gull was recorded occasionally and usually in single digit numbers for the first forty years of this period (1963, 1974, 1977, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993, and 1995). It has been seen all but one of the last ten years and its numbers have skyrocketed from nineteen seen in 1999 to a high count of 611 in 2005. The number of Ring-billed Gulls seen has increased by 60.3 per year on average since 1999.

• More than one Loggerhead Shrike was found on the count nearly every year until the early 1980s. Suddenly, after recording six in 1982, only one was found most years through 1988, after which none were seen until 1998 through 2000 when one per year was again recorded. None have been seen on the count since. See Figure 5.

• Horned Lark is another species with declining numbers over the count period. It was often recorded in double digits almost every year into the 1980s. By the 1990s its numbers had dwindled into single digits, or even zero in some years. The exception was the 30 found in 2006. Some of this decline may be attributable to lack of detection rather than lack of birds. On Lynchburg CBCs, most larks are seen in the short grass adjacent to the runways at the Lynchburg Regional Airport and access to these areas is no longer allowed.

• The number of Brown Creepers started out low, with none or single digit numbers of them found through much of the 1960s. Their numbers increased to a record high of 42 in 1974 and stayed in double digits until the mid-1990s. The 15 seen in 2006 was the only double digit number recorded for them since the mid-1990s.

• The American Tree Sparrow has only been seen three times in the last twenty-five years (1 in 1984, 5 in 1993 and 3 in 1995). It was found with more frequency in the previous twenty-five years, when it was seen on thirteen counts, including a high count of 50 in 1962. Although it is outside the stated scope of this analysis, sightings of the American Tree Sparrow were more frequent prior to 1959, when it was


found on fourteen of eighteen CBCs between 1927 and 1958. Not only was it seen with more frequency then, it was seen in record numbers for a few years (136 in 1948, 112 in 1949, and 108 in 1950). These pre-1959 sightings are included in Figure 6 as they show a more realistic picture of the sightings and decline of this species.

• Seventy-one Evening Grosbeaks were seen when they were first recorded in 1963. Then they were only missed ten times until the last one was seen on the 1996 count. The high count for Evening Grosbeaks was 207 seen in 1977.

Several common species’ numbers have increased over this count period, including the following ones of interest:

• One Canada Goose was seen in 1963 (the species was recorded once prior to 1959, in 1950, when three were seen). It was next recorded in 1977, when two were seen. Beginning with the 67 seen in 1985, it was seen every year after. Since 1990, the number of Canada Geese has increased nearly every year. On average, the number of Canada Geese increased by 31 per year after it was first seen in 1963.

• In 1959, only one Pileated Woodpecker was located. Their numbers have been increasing ever since. On average, the number seen has increased by 0.6 birds per year. Fifty-one were seen in 2008. The record high number of Pileated Woodpeckers was 62 seen in 1994.

• Around 100 to 200 American Crows were seen each year from 1959 into the early 1970s. Then their numbers began to increase, reaching the record high of 1,391 in 1985. That was the only year that over 1,000 were seen. For the rest of the 1980s and into the early 2000s, their numbers were fairly constant, averaging over 700. Then there was a sharp drop to only 419 seen in 2003; since then the number of crows has been slowly increasing again, with 647 seen in 2008.

• Fifty-three Carolina Wrens were seen in 1959. Fewer than 50 were seen each year for about ten years. Then their numbers began increasing, reaching the record high of 306 in 1976. For the following twenty years, numbers fluctuated somewhat, with an average of 173

per year. Then in 1996, only 94 were seen. Since then, their numbers have gradually increased to 198 in 2008.

• Eastern Bluebirds were scarce on this CBC until the mid-1970s; they were completely missed in 1961, 1966, and 1968. Then their numbers jumped into the triple digits, with 138 seen in 1974, 165 in 1975, and 316 in 1976. Their numbers have remained in the triple digits ever since, including a high count of 375 in 1991. For the last twenty years, the average number of bluebirds on this count is 261. Local birders attribute this increase and subsequent stabilization in the number of bluebirds (and thus on CBCs) to the actions of Lynchburg Bird Club members, beginning in the early 1960s. “After no Eastern Bluebirds were counted on the 1961 Winter [Christmas] Bird Count, club members rallied to save this locally declining species. They built and sold bluebird nest boxes, established and monitored several bluebird trails, and presented public education programs on bluebirds. The number of Eastern Bluebirds is no longer declining…” (Sattler, et al., 2003).

• Cedar Waxwings were missed four times in the 1960s, but have been seen on every count since 1967. Overall waxwing numbers have increased by an average of 12 birds per year, but their numbers fluctuate from year-to-year (e.g., the high count of 1,524 seen in 2000 was followed a few years later by only 38 found in 2004).

• Only 77 Northern Cardinals were seen in 1959. Their numbers peaked in the 1970s, with 564 seen in 1975, 528 in 1976, and the record high count of 574 in 1977. Then cardinal numbers tapered off to an average of 318 per year over the last thirty years.

• House Finches appeared for the first time in 1969, when one was recorded. They have been seen every year since in rapidly increasing numbers, with a high count of 1,486 in 1993.

As expected, the weather has varied over the years of this count. The high temperatures for the day of the count ranged from a chilly low of 23°F. on 16 December 1989 to a surprising high of 74°F. on 15 December 1984. Figure 7 shows the high temperature for count day over the years.


The average high temperature is 45°F. Winds have varied from none in 1996 and 2000 to 46 miles per hour in 1968. It rained on the count day five times (1959, 1968, 1990, 1991, and 2000). The ground was snow covered for nine counts (1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1985, 1988, and 1989); but it has actually only snowed during one count (1961).

The earliest date that the count was conducted was on December 14th (1974, 1991, & 2002) and the latest date was January 2nd (1959 & 1970). The number of participants grew from a low of eight in 1959 to a high of 53 in 1975. The average number of participants on the count is 36; this number was exceeded for the last five years. The number of party-hours was also at its lowest that first year (1959), with only 18 hours spent in the field; it peaked at 163 party-hours in 1976. The average number of party hours is 90; the number of party hours exceeded 90 for the last 5 years. On average, party hours have increased by 0.9 hours per year and the number of participants has increased by 0.4 per year. Figure 8 shows how the number of participants and party hours have fluctuated over fifty years.

The dedication and hard work of many people have contributed to the longevity of this count. These remarkable people include:

• In these fifty years the Lynchburg CBC has only had six compilers: J. L. Chamberlain (1959), Mrs. Grace Wiltshire (1960), Larry Farmer (1961-1963), Myriam P. Moore (1964-1987), John and Thelma Dalmas (1988-2006), and Rexanne Bruno (2007-2008). Ruskin Freer was the compiler for the eighteen Lynchburg CBCs conducted prior to 1959.

• Seventeen people have participated in at least twenty-five Lynchburg CBCs (number of counts): John Dalmas (37), Thelma Dalmas (37), Virginia Delaney (30), Robert Eubank (27), Ruskin Freer (33; 18 were prior to 1959), Charles Hansrote (27), Melva Hansrote (28), Gene Moore (44), Myriam P. Moore (44), Wyatt Murphy (34), Gertrude Prior (25), Daniel Puckette (32), Barbara Sue Thrasher (30), Randy Thrasher (30), Morris B. Tillotson (30; 6 were prior to 1959), Grace T. Wiltshire (30; 6 were prior to 1959), and Josephine Wood (28).

The Lynchburg CBC isn’t the longest running count in Virginia. The Lexington CBC is the oldest one still being conducted; it began in 1922. The Blacksburg CBC has been conducted for the most consecutive years; it began in 1935. However, fifty continuous years of conducting the Lynchburg Christmas Bird Count is still a notable achievement. These fifty counts provide a wealth of information on species wintering in this area.

REFERENCESDalmas, T. Personal communication.Kain, T. Personal communication.Monroe, B. 1971. Summary of Highest Counts of

Individuals. American Birds 25 (2): 516-521.Monroe, B. 1977. Summary of Highest Counts of

Individuals for Canada and the U.S. American Birds 31 (4): 910-916.

Monroe, B. 1978. Summary of Highest Counts of Individuals for Canada and the U.S. American Birds 32 (4): 924-930.

Moore, M. P. 1999. The History of the Lynchburg Bird Club. Lynchburg (VA): Lynchburg Bird Club; 26 pp.

Rottenborn, S. C., and Brinkley, E. S. (eds.). 2007. Virginia’s Birdlife: An Annotated Checklist. 4th ed. Virginia: Virginia Society of Ornithology; 330 pp.

Sattler, G., Ferrell, R., Dalmas, T., and Bruno, R. (eds.) 2003. The Birds of Lynchburg, Virginia and Vicinity: An Annotated Checklist. 2003 Revision. Lynchburg (VA): Lynchburg Bird Club; 103 pp.


Table 1. Lynchburg CBC Records, 1959-2008a-d

SPECIES

Year First Recorded

No. YearsRecorded

Highest CountNo. Year

Snow Goose 1965 2 1 1965Canada Goose 1963 26 1276 2007Tundra Swan 1978 3 1 1978+Wood Duck 1966 30 20 1983Gadwall 1976 20 30 2006American Wigeon 1960 16 7 1994American Black Duck 1962 43 54 2004Mallard 1960 44 300 2000Blue-winged Teal 2002 1 2 2002Northern Shoveler 1990 4 2 2007Northern Pintail 1978 8 3 1995Green-winged Teal 1971 20 10 1995Canvasback 1967 11 5 1967Redhead 1972 6 13 1979Ring-necked Duck 1965 34 302 2002Greater Scaup 1974 1 1 1974Lesser Scaup 1961 17 38 1973Surf Scoter 2000 1 2 2000Bufflehead 1965 19 12 2000Common Goldeneye 1960 10 2 1982+Hooded Merganser 1969 38 71 2005Common Merganser 1969 8 3 2001-Red-breasted Merganser 1973 3 1 1973+Ruddy Duck 1975 22 15 1999Ruffed Grouse 1976 7 3 1986Wild Turkey 1964 33 93 2000Northern Bobwhite 1959 46 159 1976Common Loon 1979 3 2 1979Pied-billed Grebe 1959 42 34 2001Horned Grebe 1974 7 7 1977Eared Grebe 1987 1 1 1987Double Creasted Cormorant 1995 2 2 1995Great Blue Heron 1959 40 26 2008Green Heron 1984 2 1 1984+Black Vulture 1959 47 858 2007Turkey Vulture 1959 50 524 2006Bald Eagle 1979 11 6 2003Northern Harrier 1960 15 3 1981+Sharp-shinned Hawk 1961 43 11 1982+Cooper's Hawk 1960 42 7 1995Red-shouldered Hawk 1961 26 5 2004Broad-winged Hawk 1970 2 1 1999Red-tailed Hawk 1959 48 73 1995Rough-legged Hawk 1966 1 1 1966-American Kestrel 1960 46 33 1976Merlin 1960 3 1 1960+Common Moorhen 1975 1 1 1975American Coot 1966 37 62 1998Killdeer 1959 41 41 1975Wilson's Snipe 1960 14 44 1976American Woodcock 1969 25 6 1992Bonaparte's Gull 1978 1 1 1978Ring-billed Gull 1963 18 611 2005Herring Gull 1963 4 1 1963+Rock Pigeon 1974 35 1036 1977Mourning Dove 1959 50 745 1978Barn Owl 1976 3 1 1976+Eastern Screech-Owl 1963 42 220 1976Great Horned Owl 1963 37 19 1976Snowy Owl 1964 1 1 1964

Barred Owl 1974 27 4 1978Long-eared Owl 1977 2 1 1977+Northern Saw-whet Owl 2007 1 1 2007Black-chinned Hummingbird 2007 1 1 2007Calliope Hummingbird 2008 1 1 2008Rufous Hummingbird 2006 3 2 2006+Selasphorus species 2001 3 1 2001+Belted Kingfisher 1959 48 25 1976+Red-headed Woodpecker 1959 44 18 1976Red-bellied Woodpecker 1959 50 114 1976Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1959 50 73 1976Downy Woodpecker 1959 50 134 1980Hairy Woodpecker 1959 50 25 1987Northern Flicker 1959 50 128 1993Pileated Woodpecker 1959 50 62 1994Eastern Wood-Pewee 1973 1 1 1973Eastern Phoebe 1961 46 33 1976Loggerhead Shrike 1960 30 9 1976Blue-headed Vireo 1976 6 1 1976+Blue Jay 1959 50 578 1982American Crow 1959 50 1391 1985-Fish Crow 1977 19 22 2004Common Raven 1971 36 16 2007Horned Lark 1959 36 60 1963Carolina Chickadee 1959 50 639 1976Black-capped Chickadee 1976 2 4 1983Tufted Titmouse 1959 50 325 1970Red-breasted Nuthatch 1959 40 376 1977White-breasted Nuthatch 1959 50 121 1982Brown-headed Nuthatch 1979 1 6 1979Brown Creeper 1960 48 42 1974Carolina Wren 1959 50 306 1976House Wren 1975 12 3 1979Winter Wren 1959 50 38 1973Sedge Wren 1975 1 2 1975Golden-crowned Kinglet 1959 50 233 1992Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1960 49 294 1975Eastern Bluebird 1959 47 375 1991Hermit Thrush 1963 40 60 1976American Robin 1959 46 2943 2007Gray Catbird 1969 10 1 1969±Northern Mockingbird 1959 50 207 1982Brown Thrasher 1962 41 8 1976European Starling 1959 50 1134250 1967American Pipit 1976 7 105 1979Cedar Waxwing 1959 46 1524 2000Yellow-rumped Warbler 1959 46 179 1991Pine Warbler 1963 34 21 1979Palm Warbler 1964 3 2 1984Black-and-White Warbler 1971 2 1 1979Common Yellowthroat 1961 3 1 1984+Eastern Towhee 1959 50 106 1971American Tree Sparrow 1959 16 50 1962-Chipping Sparrow 1967 25 18 2001


Table 1. Lynchburg CBC Records, 1959-2008a-d (cont’d)

SPECIESYear First Recorded

No. YearsRecorded

Highest CountNo. Year

Field Sparrow 1959 50 294 1975Vesper Sparrow 1971 6 4 1981Savannah Sparrow 1962 34 43 1974Fox Sparrow 1960 40 19 1971Song Sparrow 1959 50 498 1982Swamp Sparrow 1959 46 22 1976White-throated Sparrow 1959 50 1510 1985White-crowned Sparrow 1960 45 32 1993Dark-eyed Junco 1959 50 1543 1985Snow Bunting 1959 1 3 1959Northern Cardinal 1959 50 574 1977Red-winged Blackbird 1960 42 173910 1970Eastern Meadowlark 1959 48 237 1971Rusty Blackbird 1960 17 17450 1967Common Grackle 1960 49 454000 1964Brown-headed Cowbird 1960 41 127875 1970Baltimore Oriole 1966 2 1 1966Purple Finch 1959 50 567 1977House Finch 1969 40 1486 1993Red Crossbill 1975 5 9 1975+Pine Siskin 1960 31 302 2008American Goldfinch 1959 50 404 1987Evening Grosbeak 1963 24 207 1977House Sparrow 1959 50 619 1965a. Underlined year in "First Year Recorded" indicates that this species had been seen on a CBC prior to 1959.b. Underlined number in "Highest Count No." indicates that this is a peak count for the Lynchburg area (Sattler, et al., 2003; Dalmas, pers. comm.).c. A plus sign (+) following a Highest Count Year indicates that this record number was seen in at least one subsequent year.d. A minus sign (-) following a Highest Count Year indicates that this record high number (or a higher number) was seen in at least one year prior to 1959.


The 2009 VSO breeding bird foray was conducted in Greensville and Sussex Counties, with a special focus on Bachman’s Sparrow. These counties were chosen for several reasons. First, they were the sites of the most recent systematic surveys for Bachman’s Sparrow (Dalmas, 1992, Watts et al, 1998). Second, The Nature Conservancy has embarked on aggressive fire management at their Piney Grove Preserve in Sussex County, and has solicited the local ornithological community for help in surveying their property for the species, or habitat suitable for its restoration. The Nature Conservancy started land acquisition at Piney Grove in 1998 in order to protect the last breeding population of Red-cockaded Woodpecker in the state and is conducting prescribed burns to maintain habitat for both the woodpecker and (potentially) Bachman’s Sparrow. Third, the last all-species survey of Greensville County was the June 1991 VSO foray (Dalmas, 1992).

There is considerable documentation of the status of Bachman’s Sparrow in the state (Watts at al., 2000, Rottenborn and Brinkley, 2007). The species expanded northward throughout its range during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, probably driven by the abandonment of farmland (Askins, 2002), and which led to a dramatic increase in the population. Changes in land use in the mid-twentieth century, however, led to an equally dramatic reversal. By 1977, when the Kerr Reservoir foray was held in Mecklenburg County, Bachman’s Sparrow was no longer being detected in Southside Virginia (Scott, 1979), although a singing individual had been reported just a mile across the North Carolina border from Mecklenburg County in June 1976 (LeGrand, 1976).

THE JUNE 2009 FORAY GREENSVILLE AND SUSSEX COUNTIESIN SEARCH OF BACHMAN’S SPARROW

WENDY EALDING1384 Palmore Road

Powhatan, Virginia, 23139

INTRODUCTION

The species was rediscovered in Brunswick County in 1986 during the Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas Project (Trollinger and Reay, 2001), and was confirmed as breeding there by the presence of recently fledged young (Dalmas, pers.comm). This finding, along with various reports to American Birds over the period of 1986-1993, stimulated considerable follow-up by the ornithological community in this region of the state (Hilton, 1990). To protect them from disturbance, the precise locations were not disclosed.

The last confirmed sighting of Bachman’s Sparrow in the area was recorded in Brunswick County in 2002 (Todd Day, pers.comm.) and the last systematic survey in this area was performed in 1996 (Watts et al, 1998), with singing males being detected in Brunswick, Greensville and Sussex Counties. Military bases such as Fort Pickett and Fort A.P. Hill may also contain Bachman’s Sparrow but, were not included in the foray because of enhanced security and liability issues.

The preferred habitat for Bachman’s Sparrow in Virginia is considered to be regenerating clearcuts of at least 6.1 hectares, with dense grass cover in the first meter above ground, regenerating pine saplings no taller than three meters and low densities of hardwood saplings. Mature pine stands which are subject to regular burning can also provide suitable habitat, and this is part of the fire management strategy at Piney Grove.

In addition to Bachman’s Sparrow, a number of other species of particular interest were sought in the area. These included:

• Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis) -- was first detected as likely breeding in the


state in Greensville County in the late 1970’s; has since expanded its breeding range in a leapfrog pattern to suburban Northern Virginia (Rottenborn and Brinkley, 2007)

• Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) -- known only at The Nature Conservancy’s Piney Grove Preserve in Sussex County, where active management has led to a significant increase in numbers of individuals and breeding success since a low point in 2000.

• Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)-- has declined precipitately statewide since the 1970’s, particularly in this part of the state (Rottenborn and Brinkley, 2007)

• Henslow’s Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)– another species that has declined significantly in recent years due to habitat changes. Detected in 1991 in Sussex County, outside the official foray period (Dalmas, 1992).

• Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)– reported as uncommon and declining statewide (Rottenborn and Brinkley, 2007).

Both counties are still predominantly rural, with agriculture and timberland being the major land uses. The vast majority of the land in both counties is privately owned and much of the timberland is leased to hunt clubs. The area of Greensville County is 769 km2 and being situated on the fall line, incorporates both Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions. The geography of Greensville County is described in detail in the 1991 foray report (Dalmas, 1992). Apart from an increase in commercial development around the City of Emporia, it is likely that there has been little change in land use in Greensville County since the 1991 foray.

Sussex County is 1284 km2 in area, and is all in the Coastal Plain, apart from a small portion in the southwest of the county, which is located in the Piedmont. In addition to the county seat at Sussex Courthouse, there are three small urban areas in Sussex County: Waverly, Wakefield and Stony Creek. The elevation in Sussex County ranges 15-76 meters above sea level and the drainage is provided by the Nottoway and Blackwater Rivers and by Stony Creek. Eighty percent of the county’s land is used for commercial forestry. The dominant softwood species is loblolly pine while

the predominant hardwoods are oak and hickory. The principal agricultural crops are peanuts, cotton, corn, flue-cured tobacco, small grains and soybeans.

Some locations in southwestern Southampton County, including Bellyache Swamp, a site on the Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail (VBWT) were also surveyed. This was part of an effort to promote data collection at the VBWT sites as part of a partnership with Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries announced in June 2009.

METHODS

The author conducted initial assessment of potential foray sites in both counties in a series of field visits during March and April 2009, and consulted with The Nature Conservancy staff to assess sites of potential interest within the Piney Grove Preserve. A list of potential foray sites was distributed among the participants in advance of the foray so that they could develop survey routes and assigned survey dates. Checklists in the form of Excel® spreadsheets were distributed electronically, along with the foray protocols. Participants were asked, whenever possible, to collect GPS coordinates for locations visited, the date, time and duration of the visit, number of observers, whether it was a stationary (point) or traveling count, and the number of kilometers covered if a traveling count. This data was entered into the spreadsheets in a format designed to be compatible with future entry into eBird. Participants submitted their completed checklists to the author for compilation into this report.

A checklist was completed for each location (for a point count) or for a route (for a traveling count) on each day of participation. Thus an observer or observer team typically completed multiple checklists on a given day. A point count involved moving a limited distance from a fixed point whereas a traveling count involved such activities as driving a section of road or walking on a trail or in a park.

Participants were reminded to adhere to the VSO Principles of Birding Ethics (2008). A specific


protocol concerning the use of audio devices to detect Bachman’s Sparrow was developed (Wilson, pers. comm.). Participants were asked to pay particular attention to areas of suitable habitat for Bachman’s Sparrow.

Participants were advised to spend several minutes listening for singing Bachman’s Sparrow at potential habitat locations, followed by three one-minute song playbacks with one-minute listening intervals in between. An MP3 file of the song was supplied by CCB and was used for the survey conducted at Piney Grove and Raccoon Creek Longleaf Pine Restoration site. A variety of personal sound recordings and playback devices were used at other locations.

The official foray period was June 12-17, 2009. These dates were chosen to avoid possible impact on the breeding of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers at Piney Grove (Clontz and Wilson, pers. comm.). Clontz developed and marked specific survey points at Piney Grove, and on the first day of the foray led a team of eight participants around these locations and also to locations at the Raccoon Creek Longleaf Pine Restoration Site in SW Sussex County. Other participants developed other survey routes based on personal preference and in collaboration with the compiler to ensure coverage.

The weather during the foray period was hot and dry with minimal rain and thunderstorm activity apart from local heavy rain and thunderstorms on June 15. The period immediately prior to the foray was very wet, with 10-15 cm. of rain in the two weeks before the foray period. This probably contributed to the lush deciduous shrub understory growth observed at many of the sites that had been considered as potential Bachman’s Sparrow habitat.

Details of the various sightings are reported in the Foray Species List. Observers are identified by last name. The following team designations were used where relevant: Clontz et al. (Bobby Clontz, Adam D’Onofrio, Wendy Ealding, Mary Elfner, Elisa Enders, Ron Giese, John Spahr, Bill Williams), Dalmases (John and Thelma Dalmas), Enders et al. (Elisa, Frank and Mary Enders), Brown et al. (Susan and Wes Brown and Tom St.

Andre) and Glass et al. (Paul and Hannah Glass, Elisa Enders and Wendy Ealding). A total of 24 observers participated in the foray.

Specific location is given where provided by the observer; where it was not, the convention for dividing Greensville County as described for the 1991 foray (Dalmas,1992) was used. These were NW (north of US 58, west of I-95), NE (north of US 58, east of I-95), SW (south of US 58, west of I-95) and SE (south of US 58 and east of I-95). A similar division was used for Sussex County as follows: NW (north of VA 40, west of VA 35), NE (north of VA 40, east of VA 35), SW (south of VA 40, west of VA 35) and SE (south of VA 40, east of VA 35).

Additional survey data was obtained from the United States Nightjar Survey Network and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) Branchville and Newsoms routes in Sussex and Southampton counties, which were conducted around the time of the foray.

RESULTS

The overall statistical information for the foray is provided in Table 1.

Table 1. General Foray StatisticsForay Statistics Sussex Greensville Southampton

total # checklists1 120 69 15

# point count checklists1 95 50 14

# traveling count checklists1 25 18 1

% of checklists that were point counts

79% 72% 93%

% of checklists that were traveling counts

21% 26% 7%

# hours 49.5 39.8 5.1

# observers 22 17 7

# species detected 92 90 73

# species with breeding evidence

17 13 5

1The protocol for handling checklists and definitions of point and traveling counts are described under Methods.

Checklists were classified as either point counts or traveling counts, with the majority of counts being point type. The overall number of species detected by 24 participants during the


foray period was 99, with 92 in Sussex, 90 in Greensville and 73 in Southampton (where there was only partial coverage). A summary of species with evidence of breeding is provided in Table 2. A summary of all species recorded by county is presented in Table 3 (see p. 27); Total counts and detection rates for each species by county are presented in Table 4 (see pp. 28).

Details of many of the sightings are available at Virginia eBird; these can be accessed by selecting the bar charts for relevant county in the View and Explore function and then selecting the desired species. Foray sightings are identified under the pseudonym “VSO Foray”. Not all sightings were entered into eBird in this way; some were entered by individual observers under their own name (Atwood), some were deliberately excluded because they were on private property where disclosure of the location may not be appropriate, and some locations were not described in adequate detail by their observers. Highlights: No evidence of Bachman’s Sparrow was detected at any location, including coverage of adjoining portions of Brunswick County surveyed one week prior to the foray (Day). The implications of this finding are considered in more detail in the Discussion section.

Waterfowl species were uncommon or rare, and American Black Duck was absent.

Gallinaceous birds (Wild Turkey, Northern Bobwhite) were reported widely, however, the numbers of Bobwhite should be considered in the context of the common practice of release of the species by the many hunt clubs in the area (B. Clontz, pers. comm.)

Anhinga was reported in Sussex and Southampton Counties – see Species List for details. The species appears to have undergone a significant range expansion recently, with a report of nesting as far north as York County (Youker, 2009)

Table 2. Breeding activityTable 2. Breeding activity

Species Breeding evidence

Sussex

Canada Goosenest with 3 eggs, photographed on scouting trip prior to foray

Black Vulture nest with eggs reported prior to foray

Red-headed Woodpecker

2 reports: pair at nest hole; one at excavated nest cavity

Red-cockaded Woodpecker* family group of 4 feeding one young bird

Eastern Wood-Pewee one on nest

Yellow-throated Vireo 2 adults feeding young in nest

Purple Martin 24 nesting at Purple Martin house

Carolina Chickadee2 reports: adult at nest cavity, fledgling (1)

Eastern Bluebird2 reports: 2 adults at nest box; one carrying food

Northern Mockingbird adults feeding young

Brown Thrasher adult carrying food

European Starling adults feeding young

Prairie Warbler 3 adults carrying food

Prothonotary Warbler one with food for young

Chipping Sparrow one carrying food

Field Sparrow 2 reports: 1 carrying food; 2 juveniles

Grasshopper Sparrow 2 with food for young

Greensville

Canada Goose two families with 6 young

Wild Turkey 5 juveniles

Red-headed Woodpecker visiting a nest cavity

Eastern Phoebe nest under bridge

Yellow-throated Vireo feeding young bird

Purple Martin at houses and gourds

Barn Swallow 1 juvenile

Eastern Bluebird 1 juvenile

Prothonotary Warbler fledgling

Common Yellowthroat carrying nesting material

Chipping Sparrow 2 reports: one carrying food; fledgling

Northern Cardinal fledgling

Red-winged Blackbird one carrying food

Southampton

Eastern Phoebe on nest

American Crow adult feeding young

Carolina Chickadee fledglings

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher fledglings

Pine Warbler carrying food


Mississippi Kite showed a continuing presence in extreme SE Greensville County, with additional sightings as far north as the Three Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant northeast of the City of Emporia.

Cooper’s Hawk was reported in all three counties. The species has been reported as being an uncommon but apparently increasing summer resident in the Coastal Plain (Rottenborn and Brinkley, 2007)

Only one species of owl, namely Barred Owl, was reported during the foray. However, data provided by Flanders from the US Nightjar Survey included a report of an Eastern Screech-Owl (a species not found during the foray) on June 6 along the Branchville route in Southampton County. The nightjar surveys also produced a total of 19 Chuck-Will’s-Widows on the Branchville and Newsoms survey routes in Southampton County on the same date.

Red-cockaded Woodpecker was reported by several different observers on different days. A family group of four, including a large fledgling, was reported on two separate occasions.

The one sighting of Loggerhead Shrike in Greensville County on June 15 is particularly interesting. The species was not found during the 1991 foray period although it was found about a month after the foray (Dalmas, 1992), and most sightings in the state in recent years have been well to the west or north. The most recent sighting in this region of the state was on January 1, 2009 about 40 miles due west in Mecklenburg County (P. Glass, 2009) and the nearest sighting to the south in Nash County, North Carolina on May 15, 2009 was a similar distance away (G. Armistead, 2009)

Horned Larks were reported from several locations, and also on the BBS. This is a species that is thought to be declining in much of its range (Rottenborn and Brinkley, 2007). It was not reported from the 1991 foray.

Cedar Waxwing, described as “rare, but possibly increasing, summer resident” in the Coastal Plain (Rottenborn and Brinkley, 2007) was reported during the foray in Sussex and Greensville Counties, and also on the BBS

A single report of a Swainson’s Warbler from Greensville County was about 10 km northwest of its “traditional” location at the Route 730 Low Ground Road crossing of the Meherrin River and probably represents the most westerly report of the Coastal Plain population.

Henslow’s Sparrow was not found.

One of the more surprising findings was that there was only one sighting of Song Sparrow during the foray period (and none on the BBS), although two or three birds were reported a week prior to the foray in Emporia. The 1991 foray had reported the species as “uncommon in urban areas, rare elsewhere”.

DISCUSSIONA total of 99 species was reported for the 2009

foray, as compared with 103 for the 1991 foray. However, it is difficult to assess the significance of this and other differences found between the two forays, because their areas of coverage and timing were not identical. There were no obvious late migrants, which may be due to the slightly later 2009 foray period. The total number of checklists in 2009 was 204, almost 5 times as many as for the 1991 foray, although total party-hours (94) was less than two-thirds that of the 1991 foray. In part, this was because of the highly detailed surveys conducted at Piney Grove and Raccoon Creek Longleaf Pine Restoration Area, where multiple point counts were conducted by multiple observer groups. A deliberate effort was also made to obtain more specifically localized data for future electronic archiving and also to pinpoint particular species-habitat associations.

The 1991 foray was not a county-based foray, but rather was a combination of Virginia Atlas Project quadrangles, which included most of Greensville, plus portions of adjacent Brunswick, Sussex and Southampton Counties. An overall comparison of the species recorded in the three counties surveyed in 2009 with the results of the 1991 foray, (which included data from outside the immediate 1991 foray period) is provided in Table 3. Because the 1991 foray results included data from outside the immediate 1991 foray period,


Table 3 includes information from the 2009 season of the US Nightjar Survey and the Branchville and Newsoms USFWS BBS survey routes which consisted of portions of Sussex and Southampton Counties. These were conducted around the time of the 2009 foray.

Total counts as shown in Table 4 may include multiple sightings of the same individuals by different observers at the same locations, or on different days. This is discussed in more detail for particular species in the Foray Species List.

Detection rates for many species in 2009 were lower than in the 1991 foray. Detection rate is defined as the percentage of checklists reporting each species. The detection rates for Southampton County are based on a relatively small number of checklists (n=15) and appear high because a single detection on a single checklist equates to almost a 7% detection rate. Caution should therefore be used when comparing this data with the other two counties. Detection rates were not included in the 1991 foray report (Dalmas, 1992) but, were calculated for this report where the relevant numerical data was presented. The differences could be due to the later foray period in 2009, the different area of coverage, fewer party-hours, or differences in foray design. A more standardized and structured approach to foray design and execution, along the lines of that used for the 2008 foray (Harding, 2009) should be considered for future forays.

Despite the marked increase of breeding Canada Geese in the past 30 years in both Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions of the state (Rottenborn and Brinkley, 2007), this does not appear to be the case in this part of the state, as the results are very similar to those of the 1991 foray (Dalmas, 1992).

As with the 1991 foray (Dalmas, 1992) there was little emphasis on nighttime coverage due in this case to the fact that many observers commuted. This probably led to undercounting of owls and caprimulgids.

One heartening finding was the multiple reports of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers. These were most likely the same family group. This

species was not found in 1991, although a recently active nest tree was found in Sussex County shortly afterwards (Dalmas, 1992). The species has staged a significant recovery, largely due to the management effort at The Nature Conservancy Piney Grove Preserve in Sussex County. The foray area in 1991 did not include what was later to become the Piney Grove Preserve, which The Nature Conservancy had not yet acquired. Since then, their active management for the species (including a limited translocation of some individuals from South Carolina) has resulted in a marked increase in numbers. The Center for Conservation Biology conducted a population count in April 2009 and found 43 birds – 28 adults and 15 fledglings (Wilson and Watts, 2009).

All the reports of Bachman’s Sparrow in the state since their rediscovery in 1986 have been from young pine stands in regenerating clearcuts. These have been characterized by young pines with dense grassy ground cover and limited hardwood shrub cover. By its very nature, such habitat is ephemeral and not capable of sustaining populations on a long term basis. Longleaf pine savanna is the preferred habitat for Bachman’s Sparrow throughout most of its range. The presence of grassy ground cover is required for both nesting and feeding habitat (Askins, 2002; Cox and Jones, 2008). However, the nature of the grassy ground cover is critical; most nesting success occurs in frequently burned areas where there is bare ground and regenerating grass that creates an umbrella effect several inches above ground level (Cox and Jones, 2008). Frequent and hot burns also create the appropriate mineral soil favorable to promoting grass regeneration in this part of the state (B. Clontz, pers. comm.). This habitat augmentation strategy is being attempted at Piney Grove, although there are no plans for reintroduction until stable, suitable habitat can be sustained.

Much of the regenerating clearcut habitat that was surveyed during the foray exhibited substantial fresh growth of the hardwood shrub component. This may have been in response to the very heavy rainfall in the period immediately prior to the foray.


The inevitable question is: if suitable habitat can be restored, will Bachman’s Sparrow naturally repopulate it after a prolonged absence? The 1986 rediscovery of the species in Brunswick County came 18 years after the last state record in Dinwiddie County (Rottenborn and Brinkley, 2007). Where did the 1986 birds come from? Where would a natural repopulation come from now? The current nearest population is in North Carolina, at least 160 km away (eBird records for North Carolina (1990-2009); North Carolina Gap Analysis Project (2005); Fussell, 1994). There appear to be no records from the northern part of North Carolina, in particular the border counties, since the 1980’s (Ricky Davis and Frank Enders, pers. comm.). Bachman’s Sparrow is considered “a rare and very local spring and summer visitor” in the Coastal Plain of Virginia (Rottenborn and Brinkley, 2007), with no apparent winter records. However, they do overwinter in southern North Carolina (Fussell, 1994), although due to their secretive behavior outside the breeding season, they can easily be overlooked. They typically winter (and establish winter territories) at sites that have been burned during the previous growing season where there is thick grassy ground cover with abundant seeds.

The assumption has been that Bachman’s Sparrow must be nomadic, seeking out new habitat as the existing habitat becomes unsuitable. Studies of this behavior are very difficult and, hence, incomplete and inconclusive (Cox and Jones, 2008). Nomadic species may need to move long distances to locate new resources (Askins, 2002), and, consequently, mortality is potentially high. It is not clear how far Bachman’s Sparrow disperse and whether it could span the distances from the existing North Carolina population. If the small population of Bachman’s Sparrow that was present in Virginia between 1986 and 2002 became an increasingly isolated “island” population, with no opportunity for replenishment from a nearby population in North Carolina, its disappearance may have been inevitable.

FORAY SPECIES LIST

CANADA GOOSE (Branta canadensis) Two reports from Sussex (Atwood; Williams and Giese) and three from Greensville (Sharrett and Ealding; Dalmases). A group of 10 at Squires Hill Hi Farm pond on Route 612 (Scotland Road) in NW Greensville County on June 13 included well-grown young, probably not able to fly (Sharrett and Ealding); a total of 25 including two family groups with 2 and 4 goslings were reported on June 15 from a driving route in SW Greensville (Dalmases), and a group of 10 in northern Greensville (Dalmases). One report of 15 birds at a pond on Route 653 in Southampton County on June 14 (Day). During the initial scouting trip on April 2, Ealding observed and photographed a nest with 3 eggs at Airfield 4-H Center in Sussex; Atwood reported 7 birds at this location on June 17.

WOOD DUCK (Aix sponsa) One report of 2 birds on June 12 on the old Game Refuge Lake on Route 602 (Cabin Point Road) in Sussex County (D’Onofrio); three reports from Southampton County – two of these were from the Bellyache Swamp vicinity on June 12 and 13 (Spahr, Ealding) and one was from a pond on Route 615 on June 16 (Elisa Enders)

MALLARD (Anas platyrhynchos) Two reports from Sussex County: June 12 (Williams and Giese) and June 17 (Atwood); one report from Meherrin (Emporia) Reservoir in Greensville County on June 14 (Glass et al.)

WILD TURKEY (Meleagris gallopavo) Reported by multiple observers in Sussex and Greensville on most days of the foray, including five juveniles in Greensville (Brown et al.)

NORTHERN BOBWHITE (Colinus virginianus) Reported by multiple observers in all three counties on most days of the foray.

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax auritus) Two separate sightings of one bird within a couple of hours on June 17 at Spring Hill Pond in Sussex County (Atwood, Elisa Enders)


ANHINGA (Anhinga anhinga) One male photographed on June 12 on the old Game Refuge Lake on Route 602 (Cabin Point Road) in Sussex County (D’Onofrio); one male on a pond on Route 615 in Southampton County on June 16 (Elisa Enders)

GREAT BLUE HERON (Ardea herodias) Reported in all three counties with sightings by multiple observers on multiple days.

GREAT EGRET (Ardea alba) Reported in all three counties. Sightings by multiple observers on multiple days in Sussex and Greensville, and a report of 18 birds at Bellyache Swamp in Southampton County on June 12 (Spahr). A high count of 26 was reported in Sussex County on June 13 at the old Game Refuge Lake on Route 602 (Bose).

GREEN HERON (Butorides virescens) Reported by multiple observers on multiple days in Greensville and Southampton counties, and four reports at four different locations in Sussex County on June 16 and 17, including 3 birds at the Airfield 4-H Center (Atwood)

BLACK VULTURE (Coragyps atratus) Reported in all three counties. There was a report of a nest with eggs at Piney Grove prior to the foray (Clontz)

TURKEY VULTURE (Cathartes aura) Multiple reports in all three counties

MISSISSIPPI KITE (Ictinia mississippiensis) Several reports from five observers/observer teams in Greensville County on June 13,14,16 and 17. In addition to their established locations along Route 624 (Steel Bridge Road) and Route 730 (Low Ground Road at Meherrin River Crossing) in extreme SE Greensville County, one was seen soaring very high over the Holiday Inn Express in Emporia on June 14 (Glass et al.) and one was observed perched at the Three Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant northeast of the City of Emporia on June 16 (Elisa Enders). The maximum number observed at any one time at any one location was two. Due to their soaring behavior it is difficult to establish how many of the multiple sightings were of the same individuals. It is possible

that the bird seen soaring over the Holiday Inn Express was one of the individuals seen about 45 minutes earlier on Route 624.

COOPER’S HAWK (Accipiter cooperii) Two reports of a single individual within a few hours of one another at Raccoon Creek Longleaf Pine Restoration Area in Sussex County on June 12 may well have been the same bird (Taber, Clontz et al.). One bird was seen on June 16 near Claresville on Route 666 (Goose Pond Road) near the intersection with Route 730 (Low Ground Rd) in Greensville County (Elisa Enders). One bird was reported on June 13 on Route 628 (Wakefield Road) near Dory in Southampton County (Bose).

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (Buteo lineatus) Reported from all three counties.

RED-TAILED HAWK (Buteo jamaicensis) Reported from Sussex and Greensville Counties

AMERICAN KESTREL (Falco sparverius) One report of a single bird on June 12 from the vicinity of Bellyache Swamp in Southampton County (Spahr)

KILLDEER (Charadrius vociferus) Multiple reports in all three counties

AMERICAN WOODCOCK (Scolopax minor) One report of a bird heard (not seen) in Greensville County on Route 730 (Low Ground Road) 3.5 km northwest of Claresville on June 17 (Brown et al.)

ROCK PIGEON (Columba livia) Surprisingly few reports. Small numbers were seen at two locations in Sussex County June 13 (Spahr and Bose) and June 17 (Elisa Enders) and at two locations in Greensville County in and around Emporia June 13 (Sharrett and Ealding) and June 14 (Glass et al.)

MOURNING DOVE (Zenaida macroura) Multiple reports in all three counties

YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (Coccyzus americanus) Multiple reports from all three counties.

BARRED OWL (Strix varia) There were three reports from three separate locations in Sussex County on June 17 (Elisa Enders), one report from Route 622 (Beaver Dam Road) at Assamoosick Swamp on June 14 (Day), and one report from


Route 624 (Steel Bridge Road) in Greensville County on June 13 (Enders et al.). Two birds were reported at the Route 730 (Low Ground Road) crossing of the Meherrin River at the Greensville-Southampton County line on June 14 (Day).

CHUCK-WILLS-WIDOW (Caprimulgus carolinensis) Two reports from Sussex County on June 12 (Williams and Giese) and June 17 (Elisa Enders).

WHIP-POOR-WILL (Caprimulgus vociferus) One report from Sussex County on June 12 (Williams and Giese)

CHIMNEY SWIFT (Chaetura pelagica) Multiple reports in all three counties

RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Archilochus colubris) Multiple reports, usually of single birds, in all three counties

BELTED KINGFISHER (Ceryle alcyon) Two reports from Sussex County, one at Honey Pond on June 12 (Taber) and one on Summerfield Road at Assamoosick Swamp crossing on June 17 (Elisa Enders). One report from Bellyache Swamp in Southampton County June 16 (Elisa Enders).

RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) Reported from all three counties, with several reports of birds visiting nest cavities in Sussex (Williams and Giese, Atwood) and Greensville (Dalmases).

RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER (Melanerpes carolinus) Multiple reports in all three counties

DOWNY WOODPECKER (Picoides pubescens) Multiple reports in all three counties

HAIRY WOODPECKER (Picoides villosus) Reported from all three counties

RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER (Picoides borealis) Reported from Piney Grove in Sussex County on June 12 (Taber), June 13 (Spahr and Bose) and June 16 (Atwood). Spahr and Bose reported a family group of four birds, including one female which repeatedly drilled for grubs in a dead pine branch and fed one of the fledged young birds; Atwood reported at least 4 and possibly 5 birds, one of which was a large fledgling, at essentially the same location.

NORTHERN FLICKER (Colaptes auratus) Multiple reports in all three counties

PILEATED WOODPECKER (Dryocopus pileatus) Reported from all three counties

EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE (Contupus virens) Multiple reports in all three counties. A bird was seen on a nest at Piney Grove (Spahr and Bose)

ACADIAN FLYCATCHER (Empidonax virescens) Multiple reports in all three counties

EASTERN PHOEBE (Sayornis phoebe) Multiple reports in all three counties. An active nest was found under a bridge at Veteran’s Park in Emporia (Glass et al.) and also at Bellyache Swamp in Southampton (Spahr)

GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER (Myiarchus crinitus) Multiple reports in all three counties

EASTERN KINGBIRD (Tyrannus tyrannus) Multiple reports in all three counties

LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (Lanius ludovicianus) One report from Greensville County on June 15 (Dalmases); the bird was observed perched on telephone wires near Garners Mill on a farm on Route 633 (Pine Log Road) between the two intersections of Route 603 (Fish Road) and Route 603 (Gaston Road).

WHITE-EYED VIREO (Vireo griseus) Multiple reports in all three counties

YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (Vireo flavifrons) Multiple reports in all three counties. Birds were observed feeding young at Raccoon Creek Longleaf Pine Restoration Site in Sussex on June 15 (Wender) and near Claresville in Greensville on June 16 (Elisa Enders)

RED-EYED VIREO (Vireo olivaceus) Multiple reports in all three counties

BLUE JAY (Cyanocitta cristata) Multiple reports in Greensville County, less common in Sussex and Southampton Counties

AMERICAN CROW (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Multiple reports in all three counties; the only report of confirmed breeding was an adult feeding young in Southampton County on June 14 (Day)


FISH CROW (Corvus ossifragus) Several reports of low numbers, typically one or two birds, from all three counties

HORNED LARK (Eremophila alpestris) Three reports from Sussex County: two birds on June 14 at Chub Sandhill longleaf pine restoration area (Bose); a total of 5 birds on June 17 along two driving routes in SE and NE Sussex (Elisa Enders); two singing birds were located the same day, also in NE Sussex (Atwood). Three reports, all from SE Greensville County: a single bird from driving routes 660 (Fiddlers Road) and 622 (Little Low Ground Road) on June 13 (Enders et al.); one at Bryant’s Corner on June 16 (Elisa Enders); a total of six birds in a recently sown cotton field near the intersection of Route 660 (Fiddlers Road) and 625 (Taylor’s Mill Road) on June 16 (Dalmases, Brown et al.). A single report from Route 626 (Berlin Dory Road) 0.6 km east of Route 633 (Skyline Drive) in Southampton County on June 14 (Day).

PURPLE MARTIN (Progne subis) Reported from both Sussex and Greensville Counties with reports of nesting colonies in Greensville (Dalmases, Day), and about 24 nesting birds at a Purple Martin house at Adams Country Store on Route 460 east of Waverly on June 12 (Williams and Giese)

TREE SWALLOW (Tachycineta bicolor) Two reports: one bird perched on a wire along a road near the Blackwater River in Sussex County on June 17 (Atwood) and two birds at a pond on private property on Route 619 (Purdy Road) in extreme NW Greensville County on June 13 (Sharrett and Ealding)

NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) One bird on June 12 on Route 620 (Brittle Mill Road) in Sussex County (Williams and Giese); five birds at Meherrin (Emporia) Reservoir in Greensville on June 14 (Glass et al.); 17 in SW Greensville on June 15 (Dalmases); two in northern Greensville on June 16 (Dalmases); 8 in SE Greensville on June 16 (Dalmases); one at Three Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant on June 16 (Elisa Enders) and two on Route 614 near Emporia on June 16 (Elisa Enders). Nine were reported in Southampton

County on Route 653 (Little Texas Road) 0.3 km east of Route 661 (Old Church Road) on June 14 (Day)

BARN SWALLOW (Hirundo rustica) Reported from all three counties. A juvenile was seen at Steel Bridge Road in Greensville County (Glass et al.)

CAROLINA CHICKADEE (Poecile carolinensis) Multiple reports in all three counties. One bird reported at a nest cavity at Honey Pond (Taber) and fledglings were reported at Airfield 4-H Center in Sussex (Elisa Enders), and in the vicinity of Bellyache Swamp in Southampton (Spahr)

TUFTED TITMOUSE (Baeolophus bicolor) Multiple reports in all three counties

WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH (Sitta carolinensis) Reported from all three counties

BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH (Sitta pisilla) Only reported from Sussex County, with reports from multiple observers on multiple days from Piney Grove; one bird was reported at Chub Sandhill NAP on June 14 (Bose)

CAROLINA WREN (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Multiple reports in all three counties

HOUSE WREN (Troglodytes aedon) Rare. One report of two birds from Sussex County on Route 606 (Beaver Dam Road) on June 12 (Williams and Giese). In Greensville County there were three reports, all from the urban areas of Emporia, on June 14 (Ealding, Glass et al.)

BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER (Polioptila caerulea) Multiple reports in all three counties. Fledglings were reported from the vicinity of Bellyache Swamp in Southampton (Spahr)

EASTERN BLUEBIRD (Sialis sialis) Multiple reports in all three counties. Birds were seen at a next box on Route 600 in Sussex (Elisa Enders), carrying food at Raccoon Creek Longlead Pine Restoration Area in Sussex (Clontz et al.), and a juvenile was seen on Route 730 (Low Ground Road) (Glass et al.)

WOOD THRUSH (Hylocichla mustelina) Reported from Sussex and Greensville Counties


AMERICAN ROBIN (Turdus migratorius) Reported from Sussex and Greensville Counties; one carrying food at Adams Country Store on Route 460 east of Waverly on June 12 (Williams and Giese)

GRAY CATBIRD (Dumetella carolinensis) In Sussex County, at Piney Grove, two birds on June 12 (Clontz et al.) and three birds on June 13 (Spahr and Bose); on June 17, one bird at Spring Hill Pond and one near the Blackwater River (Atwood). In Greensville County, one in SW Greensville June 15 and one in SE Greensville June 16 (Dalmases). One bird reported from Southampton County in the vicinity of Bellyache Swamp on June 12 (Spahr).

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD (Mimus polyglottos) Multiple reports in all three counties. Adults were observed feeding young in NW Sussex on June 13 and 14 (Wender and Senfield)

BROWN THRASHER (Toxostoma rufum) Multiple reports in all three counties. A bird was seen carrying food at Piney Grove (Taber)

EUROPEAN STARLING (Sturnus vulgaris) Multiple reports in all three counties. Adults were reported feeding young at Raccoon Creek Longleaf Pine Restoration Site in Sussex on June 15 (Wender)

CEDAR WAXWING (Bombycilla cedorum) Four birds reported from Sussex County on June 17 (Atwood): single flyovers at Spring Hill Pond and near the Blackwater River, and two birds flycatching at the Airfield 4-H Center. Two birds reported from Route 600 (Beef Road) at the intersection of Route 627 (Brink Road) south of Barley in Greensville County on June 14 (Day)

NORTHERN PARULA (Parula americana) Reported from all three counties

YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (Dendroica dominica) Reported from all three counties

PINE WARBLER (Dendroica pinus) Multiple reports in all three counties. An adult was seen carrying food in the vicinity of Bellyache Swamp in Southampton (Spahr)

PRAIRIE WARBLER (Dendroica discolor) Multiple reports in all three counties. Birds were seen carrying food at Piney Grove (Spahr and Bose) and on Route 622 in Sussex (Williams and Giese)

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (Mniotilta varia) Four reports from Sussex County: “2 males in separate location singing and well seen, easily pished in” along Route 622 (Cedar Sign Post Road) on June 12 (Williams and Giese); one on Route 729 (Turkey Pen Road) on June 12 (Elisa Enders); one, which was reported on two separate checklists on Route 602 (Cabin Point Road) at the Old Game Refuge Lake on June 14 was most likely the same individual (Bose, Day); two in NW Sussex on June 14 (Wender and Senfield)

AMERICAN REDSTART (Setophaga ruticilla) Two reports (possibly the same individual) from Greensville County at the Meherrin River Bridge on Route 730 (Low Ground Road) on June 16 (Elisa Enders) and 17 (Atwood), as well as three individuals at this location on June 14 (Day). One report from Southampton County on Route 607 (Farmers Bridge Road) at the bridge over Assamoosick Swamp on June 14 (Bose)

PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (Protonotaria citrea) Reported from all three counties. An adult was seen carrying food near the Blackwater River in Sussex (Atwood), and a fledgling was seen on Steel Bridge Road in Greensville (Glass et al.)

SWAINSON’S WARBLER (Limnothlypis swainsonii) One report from Greensville County, near Claresville, on Route 666 (Goose Pond Road) on June 16 (Elisa Enders).

OVENBIRD (Seiurus aurocapilla) Multiple reports in all three counties

LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (Seiurus motacilla) Five reports from Sussex County: one on Route 606 (Beaver Dam Road) on June 12 (Williams and Giese) and also on June 13 (Bose); one in NE Sussex on June 12 (D’Onofrio); one on Route 622 (Beaver Dam Road) at Assamoosick Swamp on June 14 (Day); one carrying food near the Blackwater River and one at Airfield 4-H Center on June 17 (Atwood). One report of 2 birds on Route 624 (Steel Bridge Road) in Greensville


County on June 13 (Enders et al.). One report of a bird from the bridge over Raccoon Creek on Route 608 (Tower Hill Road) in Southampton County on June 14 (Bose)

KENTUCKY WARBLER (Oporornis formosus) Two birds in NE Sussex on June 12 (D’Onofrio); one bird at Spring Hill Pond and one at Airfield 4-H Center on June 17 (Atwood) both in Sussex County; one on Route 602 (Cabin Point Road) south of Elm Lane on June 14 (Day). One bird on Route 624 (Steel Bridge Road) in Greensville County June 13 (Enders et al.). One in the vicinity of Bellyache Swamp on June 12 (Spahr) and one on June 14 at a swamp on Route 653 (Little Texas Road)1 mile north of Route 662 (Ivey Tract Road) in Southampton County (Day).

COMMON YELLOWTHROAT (Geothlypis trichas) The most frequently reported warbler in all three counties. One bird was carrying nesting material in Greensville (Brown et al.)

HOODED WARBLER (Wilsonia citrina) Reported in all three counties

YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (Icteria virens) Multiple reports in all three counties

SUMMER TANAGER (Piranga rubra) Multiple reports in all three counties

SCARLET TANAGER (Piranga olivacea) Most reports were from Sussex County. Only four reports in Greensville County: one report of a bird on private property on Route 611 (Dry Bread Road) on June 14 (Glass et al.); one in northern Greensville, and one in SE Greensville on June 16 (Dalmases) and June 17 (Atwood)

EASTERN TOWHEE (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) Multiple reports in all three counties

CHIPPING SPARROW (Spizella passerina) Multiple reports in all three counties. Adults seen carrying food and with fledglings in Greensville (Glass et al.), and a bird carrying food at Piney Grove (Spahr and Bose)

FIELD SPARROW (Spizella pusilla) Multiple reports in all three counties. Two juveniles were reported from the longleaf pine restoration site at Chub Sandhill in Sussex County on June 14

(Bose), and a bird was seen carrying food at Piney Grove (Spahr and Bose)

GRASSHOPPER SPARROW (Ammodramus savannarum) Multiple reports from Sussex County including one singing on territory on Route 620 (Brittle Mill Road) on June 12 (Williams and Giese) and 11 birds including two carrying food on a route near the Blackwater River on June 17 (Atwood). In Greensville County: a single bird from driving routes 660 (Fiddlers Road) and 622 (Little Low Ground Road) on June 13 (Enders et al.); three at the Route 730 (Low Ground Road)/Jones Road intersection on June 16 (Elisa Enders). In Southampton County there were two on Route 626 at Smithfield Farm on June 14 (Day).

SONG SPARROW (Melospiza melodia) Only one report during the foray period, at the Fairfield Inn in Emporia on June 17 (St. Andre), although two or three birds were reported in Emporia the week before the foray (Day)

NORTHERN CARDINAL (Cardinalis cardinalis) Multiple reports in all three counties. Adult with fledgling reported from Meherrin Reservoir in Greensville (Glass et al.)

BLUE GROSBEAK (Passerina caerulea) Multiple reports in all three counties

INDIGO BUNTING (Passerina cyanea) Multiple reports in all three counties; probably the most common and widespread passerine.

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (Agelaius phoeniceus) Present in all three counties in surprisingly low numbers – the high count was 10 at Laurel Grove Farm on Route 35 3.7 km south of Route 634 (Old Forty Road) in Sussex County on June 14 (Day). A single bird was seen carrying food in a thistle field near Doodlum in Greensville County on June 13 (Sharrett and Ealding).

EASTERN MEADOWLARK (Sturnella magna) Reported in all three counties

COMMON GRACKLE (Quiscalus quiscula) Multiple reports in all three counties

BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD (Molothrus ater) Multiple reports in all three counties


ORCHARD ORIOLE (Icterus spurius) Reported in Sussex and Greensville Counties

HOUSE FINCH (Carpodacus mexicanus) Only one report from Sussex County, two birds seen on Route 628 (Courtland Road) on June 12 (Elisa Enders). Three reports from Greensville County: two birds on private property on Route 611 (Dry Bread Road) on June 14 (Glass et al.); a total of 9 birds on a 72 km driving route in north Greensville on June 16 (Dalmases); a single bird just east of Quarter Road on Route 730 (Low Ground Road) also on June 16 (Browns).

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH (Carduelis tristis) Multiple reports in all three counties

HOUSE SPARROW (Passer domesticus) Three reports from Sussex County: six birds at Route 628 (Courtland Road) on June 12 (Elisa Enders); 15 birds on Route 620 (Brittle Mill Road) and 30 birds in downtown Wakefield (Williams and Giese) also on June 12. A single bird was seen in the Holiday Inn Express parking lot in Emporia in Greensville County on June 13 (Ealding), two birds were reported from Route 600 (Beef Road) at the intersection of Route 627 (Brink Road) south of Barley in Greensville County and one at a Purple Martin house on Route 627 (Brink Road) 0.2 km south of the intersection with Route 639 (Rock Bridge Road) on June 14 (Day).

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Observers were: Fred Atwood, Arun Bose, Susan and Wes Brown, Bobby Clontz, John and Thelma Dalmas, Adam D’Onofrio, Fenton Day, Wendy Ealding, Elisa, Frank and Mary Enders, Mary Elfner, Ron Giese, Paul and Hannah Glass, Chris Senfield, Tom St. Andre, Allan Sharrett, John Spahr, Brian Taber, Sean Wender, Bill Williams.

Nick Flanders graciously provided information from the United States Nightjar Survey Network (conducted with assistance from Lee Bristow) and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Breeding Bird Survey (conducted with assistance from Elisa Enders, Dot Silsby and Peggy Waterfield).

Thanks to The Nature Conservancy for providing access to Piney Grove Preserve, and to William Owen for providing permission to access the Raccoon Creek Longleaf Pine Restoration Site. Thanks also to Tim Gainey for allowing access to private property on Dry Bread Road in Greensville County.

I am indebted to John and Thelma Dalmas for much historic background data on Bachman’s Sparrow in the state, and to Susan and Wes Brown and Andrew Dolby for their review of the draft of this report.


Table 3. Comparison with 1991 foray and 2009 US Nightjar/BBS

Species Suss Greens Southam US 1991reported ex ville pton Nightjar/ foray 2009 2009 2009 BBS 2009Canada Goose X X X X XWood Duck X X X XMallard X X XWild Turkey X X X X XNorthern Bobwhite X X X X XDouble-crested Cormorant X XAnhinga X X Great Blue Heron X X X X XGreat Egret X X X X XGreen Heron X X X X XBlack Vulture X X X X XTurkey Vulture X X X X XMississippi Kite X X XSharp-shinned Hawk XCooper’s Hawk X X Red-shouldered Hawk X X X X XBroad-winged Hawk XRed-tailed Hawk X X XAmerican Kestrel X Killdeer X X X X XAmerican Woodcock X XRock Pigeon X X X XMourning Dove X X X X XYellow-billed Cuckoo X X X X XBlack-billed Cuckoo XEastern Screech-Owl X XGreat Horned Owl XBarred Owl X X X XChuck-will’s-widow X X XWhip-poor-will X XChimney Swift X X X X XRuby-throated Hummingbird X X X X XBelted Kingfisher X X X XRed-headed Woodpecker X X X X XRed-bellied Woodpecker X X X X XDowny Woodpecker X X X X XHairy Woodpecker X X X XRed-cockaded Woodpecker X XNorthern Flicker X X X X XPileated Woodpecker X X X X XEastern Wood-Pewee X X X X XAcadian Flycatcher X X X X XWillow Flycatcher XEastern Phoebe X X X X XGreat Crested Flycatcher X X X X XEastern Kingbird X X X X XLoggerhead Shrike X XWhite-eyed Vireo X X X X XYellow-throated Vireo X X X X XBlue-headed Vireo XRed-eyed Vireo X X X X XBlue Jay X X X X XAmerican Crow X X X X XFish Crow X X X X XHorned Lark X X X X Purple Martin X X X XTree Swallow X X X

Species Suss Greens Southam US 1991reported ex ville pton Nightjar/ foray 2009 2009 2009 BBS 2009Northern Rough-winged Swallow

X X X X

Barn Swallow X X X X XCarolina Chickadee X X X X XTufted Titmouse X X X X XWhite-breasted Nuthatch X X X X XBrown-headed Nuthatch X X XCarolina Wren X X X X XHouse Wren X X XBlue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X X XEastern Bluebird X X X X XWood Thrush X X X XAmerican Robin X X X XGray Catbird X X X XNorthern Mockingbird X X X X XBrown Thrasher X X X X XEuropean Starling X X X X XCedar Waxwing X X X Northern Parula X X X XYellow Warbler XYellow-throated Warbler X X X X XPine Warbler X X X X XPrairie Warbler X X X X XCerulean Warbler XBlack-and-white Warbler X X XAmerican Redstart X X X XProthonotary Warbler X X X X XWorm-eating Warbler XSwainson’s Warbler X XOvenbird X X X X XLouisiana Waterthrush X X X X XKentucky Warbler X X X XCommon Yellowthroat X X X X XHooded Warbler X X X X XYellow-breasted Chat X X X X XSummer Tanager X X X X XScarlet Tanager X X XEastern Towhee X X X X XBachman’s Sparrow XChipping Sparrow X X X X XField Sparrow X X X X XGrasshopper Sparrow X X X XHenslow’s Sparrow XSong Sparrow X XNorthern Cardinal X X X X XBlue Grosbeak X X X X XIndigo Bunting X X X X XRed-winged Blackbird X X X X XEastern Meadowlark X X X X XCommon Grackle X X X X XBrown-headed Cowbird X X X X XOrchard Oriole X X X XBaltimore Oriole XHouse Finch X X X XAmerican Goldfinch X X X X XHouse Sparrow X X X X


Table 4. Total Counts and Detection Rates by County

Sussex Greensville Southampton total detect- total detect- total detect- Species # ion rate # ion rate # ion rate

Canada Goose 78 3% 45 4% 15 7%Wood Duck 2 1% 9 20%Mallard 3 2% 1 1% Wild Turkey 16 8% 12 7% 3 7%Northern Bobwhite 109 48% 72 36% 3 7%Double-crested Cormorant 2 2% Anhinga 1 1% 1 7%Great Blue Heron 19 9% 5 6% 4 13%Great Egret 66 7% 5 6% 19 13%Green Heron 6 3% 7 7% 5 33%Black Vulture 31 9% 15 12% 8 13%Turkey Vulture 108 24% 109 36% 18 13%Mississippi Kite 11 12% Cooper’s Hawk 2 2% 1 1% 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 10 6% 4 6% 3 20%Red-tailed Hawk 16 9% 8 10% American Kestrel 1 7%Killdeer 28 10% 37 23% 2 7%American Woodcock 1 1% Rock Pigeon 6 2% 7 3% Mourning Dove 200 42% 265 35% 24 7%Yellow-billed Cuckoo 15 10% 12 13% 4 7%Barred Owl 6 3% 4 3% Chuck-will’s-widow 6 4% Whip-poor-will 3 1% Chimney Swift 40 15% 35 20% 9 20%Ruby-throated Hummingbird 12 9% 8 7% 2 7%Belted Kingfisher 2 2% 1 7%Red-headed Woodpecker 25 16% 6 7% 3 13%Red-bellied Woodpecker 19 13% 28 20% 3 7%Downy Woodpecker 15 12% 10 10% 7 7%Hairy Woodpecker 9 8% 3 4% 1 7%Red-cockaded Woodpecker 9 3% Northern Flicker 26 15% 9 13% 4 13%Pileated Woodpecker 17 13% 11 7% 2 13%Eastern Wood-Pewee 56 28% 25 20% 4 7%Acadian Flycatcher 45 19% 33 23% 9 13%Eastern Phoebe 30 14% 28 26% 6 20%Great Crested Flycatcher 36 21% 24 23% 11 20%Eastern Kingbird 33 19% 21 23% 1 7%Loggerhead Shrike 1 1% White-eyed Vireo 45 23% 51 35% 14 20%Yellow-throated Vireo 40 20% 30 22% 4 20%Red-eyed Vireo 115 32% 70 39% 26 60%Blue Jay 21 9% 25 25% 1 7%American Crow 194 50% 268 45% 43 27%Fish Crow 12 8% 9 9% 18 13%Horned Lark 11 5% 15 9% 1 7%Purple Martin 62 6% 101 13% Tree Swallow 1 1% 2 1%

Sussex Greensville Southampton total detect- total detect- total detect- Species # ion rate # ion rate # ion rate

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

1 1% 35 9% 9 7%

Barn Swallow 113 18% 90 23% 8 7%Carolina Chickadee 40 19% 23 19% 16 13%Tufted Titmouse 72 32% 34 17% 11 27%White-breasted Nuthatch 14 8% 6 6% 2 13%Brown-headed Nuthatch 22 12% Carolina Wren 122 41% 72 45% 9 20%House Wren 3 2% 3 4% Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 77 32% 46 36% 18 27%Eastern Bluebird 93 27% 65 23% 8 13%Wood Thrush 20 10% 16 17% American Robin 57 14% 36 9% Gray Catbird 7 6% 2 3% 2 7%Northern Mockingbird 60 19% 70 28% 2 7%Brown Thrasher 44 25% 14 12% 4 7%European Starling 127 8% 427 23% 9 7%Cedar Waxwing 4 3% 2 1% Northern Parula 27 13% 26 13% 2 13%Yellow-throated Warbler 18 11% 13 16% 3 13%Pine Warbler 67 36% 30 14% 13 13%Prairie Warbler 101 48% 41 29% 15 27%Black-and-white Warbler 8 5% American Redstart 5 4% 1 7%Prothonotary Warbler 42 17% 34 23% 9 20%Swainson’s Warbler 1 1% Ovenbird 55 24% 30 17% 4 7%Louisiana Waterthrush 7 6% 2 1% 1 7%Kentucky Warbler 5 3% 1 1% 2 7%Common Yellowthroat 126 48% 77 42% 16 27%Hooded Warbler 36 15% 28 19% 11 13%Yellow-breasted Chat 94 38% 61 38% 8 13%Summer Tanager 42 22% 20 19% 3 13%Scarlet Tanager 12 9% 4 6% Eastern Towhee 77 44% 51 20% 2 7%Chipping Sparrow 71 28% 55 25% 25 7%Field Sparrow 121 50% 49 26% 11 7%Grasshopper Sparrow 20 7% 4 3% 2 7%Song Sparrow 1 1% Northern Cardinal 104 38% 75 42% 16 20%Blue Grosbeak 85 24% 62 32% 5 13%Indigo Bunting 183 55% 156 65% 16 27%Red-winged Blackbird 23 6% 8 4% 2 13%Eastern Meadowlark 30 10% 32 17% 2 7%Common Grackle 144 18% 198 20% 1 7%Brown-headed Cowbird 24 13% 28 10% 5 7%Orchard Oriole 20 13% 13 14% House Finch 2 1% 14 7% American Goldfinch 37 21% 38 22% 6 13%House Sparrow 51 3% 4 4%


VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS:2008-2009 SEASON

TETA KAIN7083 Caffee Creek Lane

Gloucester, VA [email protected]

While much of the country experienced heavy snows, rain, wind, and other unpleasantries, especially to the north and west of us, Virginia, somehow, escaped the onslaught of severe winter weather. Many counts around the region were conducted in fairly mild conditions. In fact, no count reported snow on the ground on its count day. Wind was the most troubling factor, especially at Little Creek where 57 mile-an-hour gusts were reported. Oddly though, as storms raged all around us, Virginia basked in mild December days. However, many counts realized less than stellar results.

All counts held in 2007 were also conducted in 2008, along with two additions. Both Buchanan County, in the far western part of the state, and Chatham, in the southern Piedmont region, were added this year. These two counts brought the total to 52, the most ever held in Virginia.

The Buchanan count center is at the intersection of state routes 680 and 638 in the town of Pilgrim’s Knob. As described by count organizer Roger Mayhorn, “These two routes intersect just beside the Dismal River, which is an important part of the area to be covered within the circle, since other large bodies of water are nonexistent within the county.”

Chatham is the second addition to the list, though it is not a new count. William S. James conducted a census over this same circle in 1950 and again in 1956. The 1950 results appeared in the 1951 editions of The Raven and Audubon Field Notes, but those for 1956 were printed only in Audubon Field Notes, in 1957. Centered on Pittsylvania County Courthouse in Chatham, this circle is about 18 miles north of Danville and lies completely within the county of Pittsylvania. It includes Cherrystone and Banister rivers and

the White Oak Mountain Wildlife Management Area.

There were two other notable changes. Lynchburg, and Danville, after hiatuses of 16- and 11-years, respectively, were re-established in the National Audubon Christmas Bird Count database. Results for Chesapeake Bay, Darlington Heights, Chatham, Danville, Big Flat Mountain, Peaks of Otter, Roanoke, and Giles County continue to be submitted only to The Raven. Bristol results were submitted to both publications, but, as in years past, it is listed under Tennessee in Audubon, even though the circle center is located in Virginia.

This was a year of notable changes and accomplishments by compilers. The year 2008 marked a very important milestone for Bay Back and Little Creek compiler Paul Sykes. He racked up his 400th Christmas bird count this year, 205 of those being Virginia counts. Paul has served as compiler 126 times for Little Creek, Back Bay, Nansemond River, and the now defunct Norfolk County census. Paul started compiling the Little Creek and Back Bay count in 1954 when he was 15 years old. The only count he missed was the one in 1962-63, when he was in the Mediterranean, serving in the Navy. He has participated in 30 different counts in six other states. Those are truly remarkable statistics.

After 14 years at the helm of the Newport News count, Hayes Williams retired and passed the duty on to Clark White. John & Thelma Dalmas, long-time compiler-team (20 years), passed the baton to Rexanne Bruno in Lynchburg. Mary Foster served as organizer and compiler of the new Chatham count circle; Alan Williams has stepped up to the task at Shenandoah-Luray; and Michelle Talbot and Tom Hunter head up the


new Buchanan County count. Odette James stood in for husband Dave Stewart as he continues to cope with ill health. We are sad to report that Max Carpenter, who retired in 1997 as compiler of the Rockingham County count for 43 years, passed away this year.

There were some truly stunning birds that showed up around the state this year. One or (perhaps) two species seen were new to the Virginia count. One of the most talked about was a Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) during count week at Breaks Interstate Park. Superb photographs were obtained and many people saw the bird. Though not new to Virginia counts, it is certainly new to the western part of the state, never having been reported in that area before. A Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) was banded and photographed as it came to a feeder in the Lynchburg circle, and was admired by many birders. A Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) also appeared at Lynchburg for the third year in a row. The only other hummingbird to show up was a count week Ruby-throated (Archilochus colubris) at Little Creek. A most unusual bird was the Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) reported on the Augusta County count. Unfortunately, the observer did not realize documentation would be needed on such a rarity, so a report was received long after the fact. This out-of-season, Christmas-count-first species should be viewed with reservations until the outcome of the evaluation by VARCOM is received.

For the first time since its inception in 1965, Cape Charles count, the bastion of rarities, reported no unusual species, nor did any of the other three Eastern Shore counts. Even the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel complex harbored no seabirds of note, only a Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) flitting over the sparse grassy strip on one of the islands. The Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) reported at Chincoteague, found in the Maryland sector, was the third record for there.

As always, there were some nice sightings and record high counts scattered around the state. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) numbers continue to climb as observers become more

aware of what to look for and where. The 43 found on 10 counts constituted an all-time high. Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) numbers were up, with 5,830 the most seen since 1998.

Compiler Todd Day had this to say about the Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) that showed up at The Plains for the third year in a row: “There were a lot of Trumpeters around this winter, maybe six total, hanging around at Airlie. Some are collared, and can be linked to reintroduction efforts in Ohio. However, some are showing up with no collars or bands on their legs. My guess is that these birds are descendants of the original reintroduced (stocked) swans in Ohio (and perhaps even Ontario), and they have been hatched somewhere in the wild, but outside of the detection of those monitoring that project. My logic is that they are often in family groups with other banded swans. I suspect that was the goal, to have them breeding all over the place, but I wonder if in thirty years if [sic] Trumpeters will become the next Mute Swan. I don’t think these birds have quite mastered migration, as there are a couple in Maryland that have been there for years.

“Oddly, two uncollared, and unbanded birds showed up at a friend’s pond in Rappahannock County this week, and then the next day they were sitting on his brother’s pond about ten miles away. I am betting that in the next five years several Virginia CBCs will be reporting Trumpeters.”

The best duck of the season was a White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) at Tazewell. Not only was it well seen, but a great photo was obtained. That count also posted record highs of Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) and Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata), two species rarely seen there. Eurasian Wigeons (Anas penelope) showed up at Newport News, Cape Charles, Williamsburg, and Fort Belvoir for an all-time state high of six. The only other duck species reaching a record high (8,343) was Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris), breaking the old record of 7,459 set in 1961. Redheads (Aythya americana) showed up in the highest numbers (800) since 1980, although that does not begin to approach


the highs of the early 1950s, when more than 40,000 were recorded statewide.

Again, Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) numbers were at a respectable level only because of the massive flocks reported at Fort Belvoir. Of the state total of 16,651, 15,438 of those were at Fort Belvoir. And another 6,735 identified only as “scaup, sp.” were probably also Lessers. The next highest number was 447 at Walkerton. The 12,786 Buffleheads (Bucephala albeola) around the state were the most since 1989.

A Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) at Back Bay was the first seen in three years. For the past two years, Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) numbers have dropped back to normal after reaching phenomenally high counts for four years. Eleven American Bitterns (Botaurus lentiginosus) were the most in 11 years, the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) number, 1,717, was the second-highest ever recorded in the state, while the number of White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) fell way back after five years of unusually high counts. Three Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) in the Virginia sector at Bristol were the first to appear anywhere on a Virginia count in 7 years; two were also found during count week at Gordonsville.

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) numbers spiked to 18, Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) to 973, and Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) to 4,963, all record highs. Three Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) at Breaks Interstate Park, thought to be hacked birds from a project conducted at the park, brought the state total for that species to a record 24. American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) numbers continue to creep slowly downward, with a total of only 574, which, though not the lowest total seen, approaches the numbers of the early 1970s, when only about 30 counts were conducted.

The three strongholds of Eurasian Collared-Dove, Cape Charles, Back Bay and Blacksburg, elevated the number of (Streptopelia decaocto) to a high of 47. It was also a great year for woodpeckers, with all-time, state-wide high counts for Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) (3,810) and Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) (1,139), and near-record highs for Red-headed

(Melanerpes erythrocephalus), Downy (Picoides pubescens) and Hairy Woodpeckers (Picoides villosus). In fact, all seven woodpecker species chalked up record numbers on one or more counts. Nansemond River had record numbers for five of those species.

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) reached tallies of more than 1,000 for the second year in a row. Those kinds of numbers have been achieved only three times in the 70 years since they were first recorded on a Virginia count. Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) numbers took a surprising leap, more than doubling any record in the past three decades. The 444 seen surpasses the previous all-time high of 428, set way back in 1975. Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) are making a comeback after their populations sagged in the early 2000s. Mathews County has never regained its prestigious numbers of the 1980s, when it often posted the national high count of bluebirds for several years. Still, the all-time high of 968 individuals counted in 2002 remains the highest on any Virginia count. A House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) at Mount Rogers-Whitetop was notable, because most of that circle is at quite high elevations, and not where one would expect to find this species in the winter.

Thirty Orange-crowned Warblers (Vermivora celata) was an all-time high, with most of those birds recorded at Dismal Swamp. One Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica) was at Fort Belvoir for the third year in a row, a Wilson’s Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) was at Hopewell, and a Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) showed up during count week at Cape Charles. Other warblers were a count week Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla) at Little Creek, a Northern Parula (Parula americana) at Nansemond River, and a Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) at Manassas-Bull Run.

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) numbers continue to climb, with an all-time high of 1,768, surpassing last year’s total of 1,118. At least six counts tallied record highs of this species. For the first time since 1992, no Vesper Sparrows (Pooecetes gramineus) were found anywhere in the state. LeConte’s Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii) was also not found, but it is not unusual for this


species to be among the missing. It has never been found in great numbers, the most being 9, in 1999. The yearly average over the past 18 years is 2.

Red Crossbills (Loxia curvirostra) showed up at Big Flat, Roanoke and Blackford, for a total of 22. That is the most seen since 1997, when 24 were recorded, but it does not rival the numbers in the 1970s, when as many as 331 were found on nine counts around the state.

And last, but not least, many counts enjoyed a major invasion of Pine Siskins this winter. Numbers did not quite rival those of 1987, when 3,146 were tallied on 36 of the 38 counts held that year, but 47 circles reported a total of 2,953 individuals in 2008. Even at that, it was the second highest state total. It was nice to have them back in such good numbers.

In the tables that follow, the 52 counts are numbered as follows: Eastern Shore counts, 1-5; Coastal Plains counts, 6 through 17; Piedmont counts, 18 through 31; and Mountains and Valleys counts, 19 through 52. Abbreviations used in the following tables are:

Blvd = BoulevardCLD = CloudyCLR = ClearCmdr = CommanderCo = CountyE = EastJct = JunctionLGR = Light rainMCD = Mostly cloudyMCR = Mostly clearMPF = Moving water party frozenMt = MountainMWO = Moving water openN = NorthNP = National ParkNR = not recordedNWR = National Wildlife RefugePCD = Partly cloudyPCR = Partly clearRd = RoadRt = RouteS = SouthSp = species

SPF = Still water partly frozenSPO = Still water partly openSWO = Still water openUNK = UnknownV = variableVARCOM = Virginian Avian Records CommitteeW = WestWMA = Wildlife Management AreaWOP = Water openx = not recorded


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Brant

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duck, sp.

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Northern Pintail

Northern Shoveler

Blue-winged Teal

Black Duck/Mallard (hybrid)

Mallard

American Wigeon

AmericanBlack Duck

Eurasian Wigeon

Gadwall

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Trumpeter Swan

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1 p

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67

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Red-throated Loon

Pacific Loon

Northern Bobwhite

Wild Turkey

Ruffed Grouse

Ring-neckedPheasant

Ruddy Duck

Red-breastedMerganser

Common Merganser

Hooded Merganser

Common Goldeneye

Bufflehead

Long-tailed Duck

scoter, sp.

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White-winged Scoter

Surf Scoter

Harlequin Duck

Common Eider

King Eider

scaup, sp.

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Greater Scaup

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pe

cie

s:

Co

un

t C

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le


Table

1 p

age 3

Tab

le 1

. S

pe

cie

s a

nd

nu

mb

eers

of

indd

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ua

lls s

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(co

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nu

ed

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cote

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10

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64

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51

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29

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17

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Green Heron

Tricolored Heron

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Snowy Egret

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron(Blue form)

American Bittern

Great Cormorant

Double-crestedCormorant

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Northern Gannet

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1 p

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11

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18

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22

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23

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25

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harlotte

svill

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23

30

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14

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22

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29

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5...

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426

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41

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16

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30

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31

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53

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32

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5...

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56

107

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32

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13

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33

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y13

1...

26

109

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33

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18

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34

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P-L

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549

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22

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32

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36

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ha

m C

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2...

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28

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34

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37

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ugusta

County

2...

...

242

2..

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15

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38

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2...

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643

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22

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18

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39

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40

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41

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incastle

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32

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12

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42

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golden eagle,age

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Semipalmated Plover

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Sandhill Crane

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Whimbrel

Long-billed Curlew

Marbled Godwit

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Sanderling

Dunlin

Purple Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

peep, sp.

Short-billed Dowitcher

Little Gull

Laughing Gull

American Woodcock

Wilson's Snipe

dowitcher, sp.

white-winged gull, sp.

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Glaucous Gull

Iceland Gull

Herring Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

S

pe

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s:

Co

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1 p

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Mourning Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Rock Pigeon

Razorbill

Black Skimmer

Royal Tern

Forster's Tern

gull, sp.

Great Black-backed Gull

Selasphorus, sp.

Barred Owl

Calliope Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Ruby-throatedHummingbird

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Short-eared Owl

Long-eared Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Red-headed Woodpecker

Belted Kingfisher

Downy Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

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pe

cie

s:

Co

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Table

1 p

age 7

Tab

le 1

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cie

s a

nd

nu

mb

eers

of

ind

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uals

sseen

(co

nti

nu

eed

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cote

ague

112

713

...

...

...

57

306

23

...

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11

539

149

...

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24

19

90

10

89

11

4

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achapre

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125

12

13

...

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58

1,1

99

106

3..

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...

90

...

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39

11

48

11

28

67

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assaw

adox

120

812

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232

661

4..

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48

107

...

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48

...

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63

51

49

46

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harles

131

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242

361

363

44

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18

137

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41

4...

12

81

87

20

14

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24

10

2...

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317

456

41

71

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13

81

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18

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12

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55

42

8

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88

14

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2109

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26

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212

257

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36

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52

13

16

29

7

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83

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10

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11

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129

27

14

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350

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258

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51

56

17

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87

4

12

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100

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12

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73

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10

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338

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96

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79

31

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48

71

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13

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45

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90

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81

55

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20

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s-B

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94

26

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273

590

150

586

74

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531

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91

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158

350

398

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103

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79

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53

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198

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63

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2

27

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15

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55

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268

314

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66

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15

18

55

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3

29

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69

51

14

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15

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27

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67

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61

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68

37

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32

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12

32

37

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167

54

71

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409

683

11

17

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15

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71

26

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20

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ndoah V

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47

3...

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488

3,8

06

40

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31

33

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557

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17

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34

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30

5...

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136

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27

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165

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99

37

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88

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14

35

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17

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721

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15

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74

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49

81

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11

36

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21

14

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75

325

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335

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39

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35

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28

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24

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1

37

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County

810

3...

...

...

185

552

173

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227

...

121

...

...

72

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26

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13

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1

38

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22

22

6...

...

...

189

549

16

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12

375

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193

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15

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92

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10

66

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167

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15

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53

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1

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28

94

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10

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78

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43

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55

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2

42

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16

12

2...

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190

363

1..

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...

181

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12

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64

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41

39

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4

43

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39

82

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227

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12

68

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270

43

42

98

61

44

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06

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44

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79

2...

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47

163

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14

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71

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58

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36

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46

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21

...

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49

430

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34

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23

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11

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12

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23

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47

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18

75

3...

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194

764

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63

13

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18

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48

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11

16

...

...

109

2,0

37

...

...

47

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32

1...

30

69

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14

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1

49

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l37

14

81

...

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210

750

...

...

2..

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...

10

86

40

15

13

81

8

50

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n C

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23

36

5...

...

...

227

422

...

...

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...

...

108

...

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75

...

40

...

37

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5

51

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ters

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85

...

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15

12

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44

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54

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1

52

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19

17

2...

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99

972

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68

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86

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71

23

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5

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tals

3,2

39

1,1

39

369

16

81

78,9

06

29,6

17

4,2

91

5,7

24

329

1,3

82

1,9

10

9,4

16

56

43

6,3

48

11

42

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44

44

33

35

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87

13

33

crow, sp.

Blue Jay

American Crow

Blue-headed Vireo

Pileated Woodpecker

White-eyed Vireo

Loggerhead Shrike

Eastern Phoebe

Northern (Yellow-shafted)Flicker

Fish Crow

Brown-headed Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Tufted Titmouse

chickadee, sp.

Black-capped Chickadee

Carolina Chickadee

Tree Swallow

Horned Lark

Common Raven

Winter Wren

House Wren

Carolina Wren

Brown Creeper

S

pe

cie

s:

Co

un

t C

irc

le


Table

1 p

age 8

Tab

le 1

. S

pe

cie

s a

nd

nu

mb

eers

of

ind

ivid

uals

seenn

(co

nti

nuu

ed

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hin

cote

ague

21

19

25

...

...

150

58

1,1

71

21

50

24

2,4

98

101

27

1...

...

...

3,2

24

...

11

3...

3

2. W

achapre

ague

...

...

19

26

...

...

346

30

1,5

04

10

71

11

1,8

00

...

14

9...

...

...

...

76

4...

25

...

2

3. N

assaw

adox

24

10

20

...

...

402

33

755

17

82

61,1

94

...

22

1...

...

...

74

6...

41

0...

...

4. C

ape C

harles

49

946

...

...

385

50

441

20

108

61,5

85

115

24

3...

...

...

1,6

21

...

16

62

...

...

5. C

hesapeake B

ay

...

...

...

...

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...

...

...

...

...

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...

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...

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1...

...

...

...

...

6. Little C

reek

...

26

21

...

...

35

10

870

133

31,2

10

64

83

CW

...

...

17

9...

22

11

...

7. B

ack B

ay

720

25

35

...

...

248

28

242

35

69

13

1,7

55

11

...

2...

...

...

2,2

00

...

31

71

8

8. N

ansem

ond R

iver

11

30

83

...

...

361

34

488

4170

11

1,6

87

295

56

4...

1...

72

1...

36

82

2

9. D

ism

al S

wam

p N

WR

...

...

35

164

...

229

79

1,3

30

106

25

10

10,7

06

...

91

2...

...

...

88

...

38

...

3

10

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port

New

s...

...

10

19

...

...

60

4513

197

18

2,4

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27

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31

6...

11

11

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11

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ath

ew

s C

ounty

...

25

30

...

...

478

33

1,4

12

9115

15

698

21

39

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...

...

...

97

0...

13

1...

1

12

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illia

msburg

...

...

16

72

...

...

178

16

815

1105

18

857

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73

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2...

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13

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...

...

49

129

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3129

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70

91,6

86

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17

63

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15

4...

12

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3

14

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alk

ert

on

...

...

41

56

...

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280

45

2,4

00

458

14

1,1

17

273

81

5...

...

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10

1...

2...

...

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15

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ashin

gto

ns B

irth

pla

ce

...

...

20

49

...

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87

38

453

833

8235

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55

0...

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65

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16

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rooke

...

124

23

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304

9364

285

22,0

23

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73

6...

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89

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17

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ort

Belv

oir

...

...

360

128

...

...

537

119

1,2

32

2239

17

5,2

64

...

65

71

...

...

...

14

51

CW

1...

1

18

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entr

al L

oudoun

...

...

76

38

...

...

535

12

416

...

181

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3,6

32

24

26

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12

1...

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19

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he P

lain

s...

...

37

20

...

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338

7294

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129

15,9

84

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32

8...

...

...

...

17

5...

...

...

...

...

20

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anassa

s-B

ull

Run

...

...

51

17

...

...

362

8539

...

113

11,9

23

...

48

7...

...

...

12

08

...

...

...

...

...

21

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okesvill

e...

...

20

9...

...

162

12

379

...

44

12,5

03

92

73

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...

...

...

68

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...

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22

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hancello

rsvill

e...

...

11

2...

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71

...

117

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19

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1,2

28

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19

1...

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...

...

50

...

1...

...

...

23

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nn

a...

...

32

28

...

...

131

4301

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37

1708

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27

8...

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...

...

22

...

2...

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...

24

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ord

onsvill

e...

...

4...

...

...

43

...

140

...

24

2213

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11

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...

1...

...

...

...

...

25

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harlotte

svill

e...

...

44

51

...

...

371

48

641

...

103

11,4

23

180

3...

...

...

...

23

5...

...

...

...

...

26

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arr

en

...

...

19

33

...

...

214

20

473

280

1382

...

92

7...

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...

...

16

3...

...

...

...

...

27

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arlin

gto

n H

eig

hts

...

...

11

15

...

...

202

16

366

...

50

4396

...

43

0...

...

...

...

57

...

6...

...

...

28

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anis

ter

Riv

er

WM

As

...

...

29

25

...

...

210

11

553

...

29

5332

...

17

7...

...

...

...

73

...

22

...

...

...

29

. Lynchburg

...

...

27

41

...

...

236

30

63

...

110

13,9

45

...

47

4...

...

...

...

27

...

...

...

...

...

30

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hath

am

...

...

12

...

...

13

446

...

31

12

...

51

...

...

...

...

1...

...

...

...

...

31

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anvill

e...

...

...

4...

...

48

...

428

...

28

3377

...

21

7...

...

...

...

8...

1...

...

...

32

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alm

es N

eck

...

...

64

21

...

...

713

21

30

3176

...

3,4

50

...

10

2...

...

...

...

59

...

1...

...

...

33

. N

. S

hena

ndoah V

alle

y...

2101

35

...

...

471

17

323

1208

...

14,2

14

CW

42

2...

...

...

...

13

7...

...

...

...

CW

34

. S

henand

oah N

P-L

ura

y...

...

35

7...

...

94

13

63

...

64

...

10,5

34

...

52

...

...

...

...

77

...

...

...

...

...

35

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ig F

lat M

ounta

in...

...

15

1...

...

513

4..

...

...

...

...

.5

0...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

36

. R

ockin

ha

m C

ounty

...

...

15

1...

...

92

...

90

...

52

...

5,1

26

...

43

...

...

...

...

20

...

...

...

...

...

37

. A

ugusta

County

...

...

13

3...

...

224

2165

...

139

...

6,6

64

37

1...

...

...

...

15

1...

...

...

...

...

38

. W

aynesboro

...

...

10

14

...

...

313

2226

...

178

...

1,9

14

...

12

4...

...

...

...

81

...

...

...

...

...

39

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gto

n...

...

35

13

...

...

166

22

315

147

...

2,1

61

...

32

1...

...

...

...

18

9...

...

...

...

...

40

. P

eaks o

f O

tter

...

...

27

...

...

71

8131

...

5..

.12

...

1...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

41

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incastle

...

...

12

1...

...

81

430

...

68

...

470

...

96

...

...

...

...

11

4...

...

...

...

...

42

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oanoke

...

...

15

4...

...

112

9763

...

41

...

2,6

38

...

58

7...

...

...

...

3...

...

...

...

...

43

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lacksbu

rg...

...

70

18

1...

221

759

...

143

...

1,8

02

40

37

8...

...

...

...

34

...

2...

...

...

44

. G

iles C

ou

nty

...

...

19

6...

...

55

...

200

...

17

...

346

...

5...

...

...

...

7...

...

...

...

...

45

. T

azew

ell

...

...

5...

...

...

24

...

14

...

16

11,8

35

...

27

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

46

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ount R

ogers

-Whiteto

p...

...

...

...

...

...

45

11

...

18

...

188

...

27

...

...

...

...

4...

...

...

...

...

47

. G

lade S

pring

...

...

26

2...

...

119

316

...

68

...

1,5

97

88

70

...

...

...

...

16

...

...

...

...

...

48

. B

lackfo

rd...

...

61

...

...

57

...

46

...

73

...

2,2

10

...

12

0...

...

...

...

74

...

...

...

...

...

49

. B

risto

l...

...

28

7...

...

131

16

73

...

128

11,9

35

...

31

2...

...

...

...

56

...

...

CW

...

...

50

. B

uchana

n C

ounty

...

...

36

2...

...

52

3135

...

41

315

...

13

5...

...

...

...

3...

...

...

...

...

51

. B

reaks In

ters

tate

Park

...

...

60

...

...

...

21

16

...

6..

...

...

.4

...

...

...

...

4...

...

...

...

...

52

. W

ise C

ounty

...

...

12

...

...

...

32

122

125

...

634

...

30

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

To

tals

16

40

1,6

39

1,3

54

15

10,0

25

952

21,8

58

249

3,8

36

210

117,8

58

959

11,6

61

30

CW

11

14

,09

21

18

91

09

52

4

Orange-crowned Warbler

Cedar Waxwing

American Pipit

European Starling

Brown Thrasher

Northern Mockingbird

Gray Catbird

American Robin

Hermit Thrush

Eastern Bluebird

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Marsh Wren

Sedge Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

kinglet sp.

Northern Parula

Nashville Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Black-and-white Warbler

Palm Warbler

Pine Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Yellow-rumped(Myrtle) Warbler

Yellow Warbler

S

pe

cie

s:

Co

un

t C

irc

le


Table

1 p

age 9

Ta

ble

1. S

pec

ies a

nd

nu

mb

eers

of

ind

ividd

uals

seenn

(co

ntti

nu

ed

)

1

. C

hin

cote

ague

...

...

26

790

56

220

...

15

...

114

364

...

103

62

1...

...

1,1

94

...

...

13

0...

8,3

90

2

. W

achapre

ague

...

...

3...

78

913

16

2..

.2

516

213

...

20

91

9...

...

56

5...

60

25

3...

3,4

77

3

. N

assaw

ad

ox

...

...

22

...

275

47

78

...

1..

...

...

.68

233

...

114

87

3...

...

39

7...

...

25

5...

60

3

4

. C

ape C

ha

rles

...

CW

43

...

191

83

112

12

18

915

148

324

...

98

39

0...

...

23

2...

...

17

4...

1,5

65

5

. C

hesapea

ke B

ay

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

6

. Little C

ree

k...

...

9...

...

22

...

...

...

1..

.13

34

...

31

97

...

...

11

4...

...

62

...

40

0

7

. B

ack B

ay

...

...

51

...

78

42

63

...

...

...

4..

.8

158

...

144

30

61

...

11

1...

...

13

2...

11

,36

0

8

. N

ansem

ond R

iver

...

...

58

...

247

34

136

...

...

2..

.4

28

405

...

91

59

61

...

38

7...

18

26

4...

1,8

04

9

. D

ism

al S

wam

p N

WR

...

...

104

42

17

2..

...

...

...

...

.37

84

...

88

58

0...

...

14

8...

...

59

...

32

5

10

. N

ew

port

New

s...

...

15

...

92

12

...

...

...

...

...

674

...

12

41

4...

...

31

5...

...

24

7...

1,7

59

11

. M

ath

ew

s C

ounty

...

...

17

...

204

64

...

...

...

...

...

4172

...

17

67

5...

...

1,2

30

...

...

46

6...

3,0

22

12

. W

illia

msburg

...

...

53

...

164

40

22

...

...

...

...

...

16

230

...

37

58

7...

...

61

3...

...

29

6...

1,2

07

13

. H

opew

ell

1...

20

110

10

285

...

...

...

...

...

2236

...

51

1,0

12

8...

47

1...

...

29

0...

1,3

62

14

. W

alk

ert

on

...

...

38

...

49

71

27

...

...

...

...

...

7339

...

48

1,4

29

1...

72

8...

...

25

3...

16

,04

4

15

. W

ashin

gto

ns B

irth

pla

ce

...

...

34

...

28

47

43

...

...

...

...

...

1156

...

65

51

73

0...

37

43

...

97

...

4,0

62

16

. B

rooke

...

...

11

...

14

13

2..

...

...

...

...

...

.95

...

26

40

5...

...

55

3...

...

19

9...

1,0

90

17

. F

ort

Belv

oir

...

...

76

10

22

180

25

...

...

...

...

...

18

1,5

28

1260

3,2

41

13

...

2,3

51

...

...

1,3

25

...

3,8

11

18

. C

entr

al Lo

udoun

...

...

13

62

106

3..

...

...

...

...

.2

297

...

16

84

61

3...

89

9...

...

58

8...

20

6

19

. T

he P

lain

s..

....

53

29

99

1..

...

...

...

...

...

.301

...

16

49

91

7...

1,0

43

...

...

34

0...

70

20

. M

anassas-B

ull

Run

...

...

12

2...

98

9..

...

...

...

...

.4

373

...

27

41

31

99

1,1

82

...

...

42

5...

10

1

21

. N

okesvill

e..

....

10

16

19

12

...

...

...

...

...

...

193

...

17

25

45

2...

37

4...

...

81

...

42

8

22

. C

hancello

rsvill

e...

...

1...

...

19

2..

...

...

...

...

...

.53

...

37

34

...

10

1...

...

66

...

7

23

. Lake A

nna

...

...

7...

...

53

2..

...

...

...

...

...

.72

...

12

77

2...

34

4...

...

70

...

50

,00

0

24

. G

ord

onsvill

e...

...

...

...

47

...

...

...

...

...

...

16

...

...

49

...

...

11

2...

...

48

...

...

25

. C

harlottesvill

e..

....

27

...

39

106

11

...

...

...

...

...

3345

...

88

14

33

...

42

8...

...

29

9...

6

26

. W

arr

en

...

...

30

...

379

40

...

...

...

...

...

6253

...

10

66

68

2...

52

3...

...

23

0...

19

27

. D

arlin

gto

n H

eig

hts

...

...

8...

57

19

3..

...

...

...

...

.4

49

...

52

82

17

...

43

5...

...

12

2...

33

1

28

. B

anis

ter

Riv

er

WM

As

...

...

26

...

55

37

19

...

...

...

...

...

5115

...

14

19

06

...

54

2...

...

82

...

16

5

29

. Lynchburg

...

...

16

...

117

1..

...

...

...

...

.4

114

...

63

15

2...

32

1...

...

38

2...

...

30

. C

hath

am

...

...

4...

...

7..

...

...

...

...

...

...

.10

...

...

85

...

...

35

...

...

14

...

...

31

. D

anvill

e...

...

6...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

50

...

...

48

...

...

24

4...

...

86

...

...

32

. C

alm

es N

eck

...

...

10

10

...

55

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

272

...

76

97

22

5...

88

7...

...

72

6...

...

33

. N

. S

henan

doah V

alle

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28

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paul_

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usgs.g

ov

...

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25

34

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port

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18

34

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15-4

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32

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24

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25

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man

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38

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23

47

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...

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34

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...

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28

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em

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com

...

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...

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14

35

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WO

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...

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bru

no@

lynchburg

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...

27. C

hath

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1700

25

53

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33

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F, M

WO

PC

DP

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am

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hotm

ail.

com

...

28. D

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34

52

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tt.e

du

...

29. C

alm

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...

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22

26

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ms

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ms@

nps.g

ov

...

32. R

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ham

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1700

18

31

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...

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1900

19

40

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25

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WO

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aynesboro

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17

28

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WO

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ccabe@

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du

...

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 2008 VIRGINIA AVIANRECORDS COMMITTEE

AMY K. GILMER VARCOM Secretary

The 2008 Virginia Avian Records Committee (VARCOM) included Ned Brinkley (Chair), Bob Anderson, Craig Tumer, David Clark, Todd Day, Matt Hafner, Adam D’Onofrio, and Tom Saunders.

The following decisions were made by the Virginia Avian Records Committee during calendar year 2008. Accepted records fall into one of the following Categories, as specified in VSO bylaws:

Category 1. Any bird that has occurred in Virginia and has been accepted by VARCOM as a wild bird on the basis of an observation accompanied by a photograph, specimen, audio or video recording, or band (for bands, only in cases where proof of identification is extant and compelling).

Category 2. Sight records without physical evidence, but for which there is written documentation from one or more observers accepted by VARCOM. This Category currently includes 23 species: Garganey, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Yellow-nosed Albatross, Fea’s Petrel, Short-tailed Shearwater, Neotropic Cormorant, Greater Flamingo, Reddish Egret, White-tailed Kite, Western Marsh Harrier, Red-necked Stint, Eurasian Woodcock, Black Guillemot, Black-billed Magpie, Bell’s Vireo, Boreal Chickadee, Sprague’s Pipit, Bohemian Waxwing, Sage Thrasher, Townsend’s Warbler, Spotted Towhee, Black-throated Sparrow, and Shiny Cowbird. Several of these species have reportedly been photographed in Virginia; VARCOM would very much appreciate help in locating photographs or specimens of Category 2 species. (Green-tailed Towhee has now been photographed in Virginia, but VARCOM would also appreciate receiving documentation and/or photographs of twentieth-century records in the state.)

Category 3. Identity accepted by VARCOM but provenance of the individual bird is uncertain. Category 3a shall be comprised of such species with physical evidence in Virginia. Category 3b shall be comprised of such species lacking physical evidence. Category 3 shall not include individuals or species deemed by VARCOM to be most likely escaped/released former captives, whether from inside Virginia or otherwise. Species for which there are no Virginia records except Category 3 currently include: West Indian Whistling-Duck, Barnacle Goose, and European Goldfinch.

Category 4. Records that are judged to be acceptable by historical standards but that may not meet current standards of acceptance, including extinct species that once occurred in Virginia, for which there is no clear written or physical evidence. In this Category, VARCOM currently includes Trumpeter Swan, Eskimo Curlew, and Carolina Parakeet. No status or Category is given to Labrador Duck, Greater Prairie-Chicken, Whooping Crane, Great Auk, or Ivory-billed Woodpecker, which may have occurred in Virginia in centuries past but for which no extant conclusive documentation is known.

Category 5. Species introduced into the Commonwealth of Virginia or into other parts of North America that are currently maintaining self-sustaining wild populations within Virginia. These currently include seven species: Mute Swan, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Monk Parakeet, European Starling, House Finch, and House Sparrow.

Category 6. Species that were introduced into Virginia and that appeared for a time to be sustaining wild populations within the state but that have since been extirpated. This Category


currently includes Ring-necked Pheasant and Japanese Green Pheasant.

The following codes are used in the accounts:‡ = written documentationph. = photographvr. = voice recordingvt. = videotape* = specimen (i.e., labeled and preserved, not simply a dead bird)

Accepted Records

Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope), 1 individual, Virginia Beach, Nov 4-7 and Nov 17, 2007 [Shelly Polimine], Category 1 (‡, ph.), 1st state record.

Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis), 1 individual, confluence of Little Hunting Creek and the Potomac River, Fairfaix County, Dec 5, 2005 [Carolyn Williams, Gary Filerman, George Lea, Steve Shaffer, and Leslie Vandivere], Category 2 (‡), 5th Coastal Plain since Jan 2004 Review List.

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor), 1 individual, Staunton River SP, Halifax County, Aug 13, 2006, [Jeff Blalock], Category 2 (‡), 1st Piedmont since Jan 2004 Review List.

Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), 1 individual, First Landing SP, Virginia Beach , Aug 8, 2006 [Matt Hafner], Category 1 (‡, ph.), 1st state record since Jan 2004 Review List.

Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons), 6 individuals, Elk Garden, Russell County, Jan 5-6, 2007 [Bob Riggs], Category 1 (‡, ph.), 6th

Mountains and Valleys since Jan 2004 Review List.

Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), 1 individual, Yaros Farms, Northampton County, Apr 25, 2006 [Ned Brinkley], Category 1 (‡, ph.), 3rd Coastal Plain since the Jan 2004 Review List.

Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto), 1 individual, Lebanon, Russell County, Apr 20, 2007 [Bob Riggs], Category 2 (‡), 2nd Piedmont since Jan 2004 Review List.

Ruff (Reeve) (Philomachus pugnax), 1 individual, Craney Island, Portsmouth, May 17, 2007 [Bill Williams], Category 2 (‡), 2nd Coastal Plain since Jan 2004 Review List.

Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto), 2 individuals, Sangerville, Augusta County, May 20, 2007 [Brenda Tekin, Andrew Clem, Yulee Larner], Category 1 (‡, ph.), 3rd Mountains and Valleys since Jan 2004 Review List.

Submissions Not Accepted

None.


VSO Annual Meeting

May 1-3, 2009Fredericksburg, VA

Alyce Quinn, VSO Secretary

Friday Night Meeting

WELCOMEDavid Spears opened the meeting by thanking the Fredericksburg Bird Club for hosting the meeting.

REPORTSTreasurerSue Thrasher reported that we began the year with approximately $183,800, $131,900 of that being in restricted funds and $51,800 in the general fund. We ended the year with $132,000 in restricted funds and $49,089 in the general fund.

Nominating CommitteeJohn Spahr proposed the following list of nominees for 2010: Board Members – Susan Brown from the Eastern Shore, Shirley Devan from Williamsburg, and Keith Carson from Highland County President – Rexanne Bruno Past President – David Spears Vice President – Andrew Dolby Secretary – Alyce Quinn Treasurer – Sue Thrasher Membership Secretary – Thelma Dalmas Newsletter Editors – Linda Fields and Alan Schreck Raven Editor – Paul CabeSpears called for nominations from the floor. There were none. A motion to accept the list was made and seconded, and passed unanimously.

PROGRAMAndrew Dolby introduced Jim Comisky, Mid-Atlantic Network Coordinator for Inventory and Monitoring of Natural Resources for the National Park Service. Mr. Comisky talked about how the management of natural resources has changed over the years. In 1999 they started to use science

to manage the parks, and now try to measure the overall health of the park ecosystem. Their current focus is on forest vegetation, water quality and breeding birds. Nicholas Bircher, the new Avian Ecologist Intern, is pilot testing a volunteer-based breeding bird monitoring program in three parks using point counts to assess changes over the years. Those three parks are Booker T. Washington National Monument, Fredericksburg National Military Park and Valley Forge National Historical Park. The program requires four hours of training, and the survey must be done on two mornings between May 25 and July 15. Anyone who would like to be involved can email Sarah_Wakamiya @nps.gov.

Saturday

Saturday morning several field trips were offered.

PAPER SESSIONAllyson Jackson – Survival in a created landscape: Are golf courses dangerous for bluebird fledglings?Andrew McGann – Winter ecology of the rare and declining Rusty Blackbird.Anne Condon – The effects of historical mercury contamination on birds in the South River, Virginia riparian corridor.Sergio Harding – The North American Breeding Bird Survey in Virginia.

BANQUET

WelcomeDavid Spears thanked all the new incoming board members, the two newly elected officers, and the officers returning in the same positions they held last year. Spears acknowledged Jim and Laura Watson who have been in the VSO


for over five decades, Jim since 1940 and Laura since 1958.

Jackson Abbott Conservation AwardSpears presented the award to Cindy Schultz and Karen Mayne on behalf of the Virginia Field Office of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for countless projects that benefited Virginia’s Birds. He also noted that Mayne received the award previously in 1990.

JJ Murray Research AwardRexanne Bruno announced this year’s winners:

Andrew McGann for his research project, “Rusty Blackbird: Winter Ecology of a Disappearing Species.”Diana Soterpoulos for her research on the “Effects of Sub-Lethal Mercury Levels on European Starling Body Composition, Feathers, and Flight Performance.”

SPEAKERSAndrew Dolby introduced the evening’s guest speakers:

Craig Naylor, Ph.D., Department of Music, presented “Chickadee Frenzy,” part of his Chickadee Symphony and discussed how he went about changing the actual bird sounds into an electronic score.Claudia Emerson, Ph.D., Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication, winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for poetry and Virginia’s current Poet Laureate, shared several of her poems involving birds.Carole Garmon, MFA, Department of Art and Art History was unable to attend but had a sculpture on display.

Sunday

Several field trips were offered Sunday morning.


REVIEW OF “A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF WINTERGREEN, WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE AREA AND TO OTHER LOCAL WILDLIFE” by Marshall Faintich; list price $49.95; published by The Word Doctor LLC, Nellysford, VA

The term “bird book” is generally used by birders to describe a field guide, a particular type of bird book aimed at aiding in the identification of birds in the outdoors. “Bird book”, however, might also be extended to include coffee-table books about birds, heavy hard-bound volumes of artistically composed photographs or paintings. Yet another type of “bird book” is the annotated checklist, dense with text describing in detail the seasonal occurrence and breeding status of species recorded in a particular area.

Marshall Faintich’s bird book about the Wintergreen area of Nelson County somehow manages to be all three types of bird book, more or less successfully. As the title indicates, it’s a “photographic guide,” an aid to identification using pictures. There are certainly enough good photographs here for the book to be useful in identifying birds, but it’s too large and heavy (nearly five pounds) to be considered a field guide. At nine by twelve inches and an inch thick, with a glossy dust jacket, it is dimensionally and visually a coffee-table book. With a gorgeous close-up of a Red-shouldered Hawk on the cover and the photographs inside richly reproduced on heavy coated paper, this book is certainly qualified to take its place alongside Monet and Scottish castles in your living room. But this book is much more than entertainment for the eyes – it’s packed with occurrence data for the 219 species of birds covered. While not as detailed as a true annotated checklist, the relative abundance and general temporal distribution information is specific to the Wintergreen area.

“Wintergreen,” originally the name of a tiny village near the southern end of the Rockfish Valley, was co-opted about thirty years ago by real estate developers and applied to the ski resort they were building on a conspicuous ridge overlooking the valley. The resort is now familiarly known as “Wintergreen,” and the

village has been forgotten. Even though this book’s title refers to the “birds of Wintergreen,” the area covered by the book is much more extensive than either the resort or the village. By including the mountain resort, the Rockfish Valley Trail system, Stony Creek (the part of the resort development in the bottom of the valley), and the Rockfish Gap hawk watch ten miles to the north of Wintergreen, the author has been able to expand the variety of species beyond what could have been found in any of these locations if considered alone. Each area has provided its own surprises over the years, and Faintich has these well-covered. For example, the very few records of Golden Eagles and Swainson’s Hawks at the hawk watch are listed individually.

Species accounts are loosely organized by groups (“lake and shore birds,” “shrikes and vireos”) in the order of the AOU checklist. Each group is introduced with a bit of explanatory text and several photographs. Most species are given a full page or more, the space allocation apparently determined by the availability of good photographs in the author’s collection. The text is simple and straightforward, describing where in the area the species may be seen and which months of the year are most likely for its occurrence. The photos are mostly excellent, often showing a bird in a variety of poses. Many of the less common species are represented by only a single photo; a few of these (e.g., Mourning Warbler) are of relatively poor quality and not very useful for identification purposes, but this is a minor point when considering the entire body of work represented here.

Faintich, a retired remote sensing/satellite imagery expert, is described on the cover plate as “Official photographer and senior birding editor for the Rockfish Valley Trail.” One remarkable aspect of the book is that Dr. Faintich took nearly all of the photos himself. A few were contributed by his brother, David, a resident of St. Louis, and Tim Hodge, the young prodigy whom Faintich rightly credits as being “the birding expert in the Wintergreen area.” In the back of the book is an appendix that includes the geographic location and date of every image. Careful examination of the appendix reveals that quite a few photographs


CORRECTIONS TO VOLUME 79 OF THE RAVEN:

2008 VSO OFFICERS LIST

The list “OFFICERS OF THE VSO 2008” on the inside front cover of vol. 79 incorrectly listed John Sparr as President and Jennifer Gaden as Secretary from 7/01/07 to 6/30/08, and David Spears as President and Alyce Quinn as Secretary from 7/01/08 to 6/30/09. In fact, David Spears was the President and Alyce Quinn was the Secretary during both of those years (i.e., 7/01/07-6/30/08 and 7/01/08-6/30/09).

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2008 ANNUAL MEETING REPORT

In the TABLE OF CONTENTS and on p. 60 of vol. 79, Alyce Quinn, not Jennifer Gaden, should be listed as the author.

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2007-2008 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT

In vol. 79, the report VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS: 2007-2008 SEASON, by Teta Kain, lacks portions of Tables 1 and 2. The missing portions of Table 1, which should have followed p. 32 in vol. 79, are on pp. 52-54 in this issue, and the missing portion of Table 2, which should have followed p. 34 in vol. 79, is on p. 55 in this issue.

were captured outside of the Wintergreen area (for example, the Magnificent Frigatebird image came from Grenada). This does not necessarily detract from the beauty or utility of the volume; instead, it enables Dr. Faintich to draw upon his considerable collection of bird photos to illustrate this book.

Overall, this is an attractive and useful volume. While not perfect as a “bird book,” it will certainly be of value to anyone interested in the birdlife of the central Virginia Blue Ridge.

David SpearsDillwyn, VA

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County

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1...

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1...

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1...

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20

15

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15

1261

132

721

23

1859

75

1,1

18

kinglet, sp.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Eastern Bluebird

thrush, sp.

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Brown Thrasher

American Pipit

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler

Pine Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Palm Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Yellow-breasted Chat

warbler, sp.

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

American Tree Sparrow

Sp

ec

ies:

Co

un

t C

irc

le


Table

1. S

pecie

s a

nd N

um

bbers

of In

divv

iduals

Seen (

cont.)

S

pe

cie

s:

Co

un

t C

irc

le1. C

hin

cote

ague

...

29

...

78

2...

43

3...

9331

...

82

904

...

...

230

...

119

238

...

8,7

30

61

75

2. W

achap

reag

ue

...

32

...

29

10

...

35

...

213

163

...

31

213

...

...

300

...

36

76

...

1,8

23

40

...

3. N

assa

wad

ox

...

99

1141

...

...

13

43

73

315

...

76

537

...

...

305

...

...

109

...

3,6

38

103

...

4. C

a pe

Char

les

...

40

11

76

26

...

...

85

856

135

...

57

291

...

...

165

...

...

206

...

537

97

75. C

hes

a pea

ke

Bay

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

6. L

ittl

e C

reek

...

...

...

61

...

62

65

13

74

...

21

295

...

...

76

...

...

87

...

2,0

00

...

...

7. B

ack B

ay...

13

...

79

...

42

...

...

...

...

146

...

158

105

...

...

44

...

...

197

...

12,4

90

69

40

8. N

anse

mond R

iver

...

7...

13

...

...

...

1...

...

11

110

...

8229

...

...

342

...

20

89

121,4

82

48

...

9. D

ism

al S

wam

p N

WR

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

20

49

...

72

372

...

...

136

...

...

33

...

658

...

22

10. N

ewport

New

s...

3...

3...

...

...

...

...

...

573

...

...

286

...

...

283

...

...

122

...

1,0

41

19

311. M

athew

s C

ount y

...

23

...

4...

...

...

...

...

...

2106

...

9188

...

3806

198

4,5

36

85

512. W

illi

amsb

ur g

...

72

...

68

...

...

...

...

...

...

7220

...

57

399

...

...

452

...

...

166

...

1,8

86

70

213. H

opew

ell

...

155

...

187

...

...

...

...

...

...

6405

161

744

22

...

618

...

...

261

...

785

129

...

14. W

alker

ton

156

...

127

...

...

...

...

...

...

7402

...

88

982

...

2602

...

...

226

...

173,5

26

46

915. W

ashin

gto

ns

Bir

thpla

ce1

38

...

95

...

...

...

...

...

...

1255

...

91

491

38

...

444

16

...

191

...

4,4

42

36

716. B

rooke

...

36

...

2...

...

...

...

...

...

1269

...

46

484

3...

632

...

...

175

...

858

...

...

17. F

ort

Bel

voir

...

108

...

53

...

...

...

...

...

...

38

1,2

37

2199

2,3

91

6...

1,9

16

...

...

1,4

51

...

2,4

42

28

18. C

entr

al L

oudoun C

o.

...

76

...

7...

...

...

...

...

...

19

445

...

31

655

65

...

1,0

13

...

...

616

...

217

15

...

19. T

he

Pla

ins

...

55

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

6196

...

5911

...

...

798

...

...

303

...

28

1...

20. M

anas

sas-

Bull

Run

...

60

...

3...

...

...

...

...

...

10

221

...

6376

920

1,2

75

...

...

484

...

190

...

121. N

okes

vil

le...

28

...

6...

...

...

...

...

...

3207

...

22

381

42

...

717

...

...

206

...

55

2...

22. C

han

cell

ors

vil

le...

49

...

2...

...

...

...

...

...

395

...

4132

7...

373

...

...

111

...

...

15

...

23. L

ake

Anna

...

11

...

4...

...

...

...

...

...

215

...

296

...

...

152

...

...

41

...

10

13

...

24. G

ord

onsv

ille

...

4...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

116

...

...

36

...

...

192

...

...

63

...

29

...

25. C

har

lott

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le...

131

...

2...

...

...

...

...

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6242

...

14

741

39

...

710

...

...

311

...

154

226. W

arre

n...

49

...

12

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

184

...

9425

66

...

563

...

...

167

...

55

33

50

27. D

arli

ngto

n H

eights

...

34

...

8...

...

...

...

...

...

453

...

1191

23

...

468

...

...

140

...

...

44

...

28. B

anis

ter

Riv

er W

MA

s...

5...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

18

42

...

1128

4...

540

...

...

91

...

58

23

20

29. L

ynch

burg

...

17

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

8110

...

6493

3...

637

...

...

342

...

25

...

...

30. D

anvil

le...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

18

...

...

65

...

...

249

...

...

27

...

...

...

...

31. C

alm

es N

eck

...

23

...

4...

...

...

...

...

...

1229

...

6532

153

...

937

...

...

667

...

...

...

10

32. N

. S

hen

andoah

Val

ley

...

150

...

6...

...

...

...

...

...

4327

...

9611

131

...

1,5

38

...

...

568

...

143

10

833. S

hen

andoah

NP

-Lura

y...

27

...

4...

...

...

...

...

...

...

63

...

3144

20

...

232

...

...

66

...

110

1...

34. B

i g F

lat

Mounta

in...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

16

...

...

29

...

...

125

...

...

20

...

...

...

...

35. R

ock

ingham

County

...

13

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

246

...

...

159

193

...

306

...

...

132

...

...

15

...

36. A

ugust

a C

ounty

...

15

...

3...

...

...

...

...

...

288

...

1278

139

...

402

...

...

135

...

29

...

37. W

aynes

boro

...

60

...

6...

...

...

...

...

...

2217

...

6315

106

...

673

...

...

278

...

19

22

338. L

exin

gto

n...

15

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

16

63

...

...

314

32

...

321

...

...

223

...

...

...

...

39. P

eaks

of

Ott

er...

3...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

22

...

...

34

...

...

459

...

...

23

...

...

...

...

40. F

inca

stle

...

23

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

11

73

...

3256

86

...

220

...

...

213

...

...

5...

41. R

oan

oke

...

6...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

185

...

182

...

...

166

...

...

169

...

1...

...

42. B

lack

sburg

...

26

...

4...

...

...

...

...

...

7206

...

...

357

171

403

2334

173

...

43. G

iles

Count y

...

18

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

360

...

444

5...

135

...

...

102

...

...

1...

44. T

azew

ell

...

15

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

72

...

627

14

...

30

...

...

87

...

...

16

...

45. M

ount

Ro

ger

s-W

hit

etop

...

12

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

463

...

...

24

20

...

126

...

...

59

...

...

...

...

46. G

lade

Spri

ng

...

55

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

5166

...

486

320

...

71

...

...

170

...

...

2...

47. B

lack

ford

...

22

...

1...

...

...

...

...

...

5127

...

274

29

...

127

...

...

114

...

13

...

48. B

rist

ol

...

31

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

1157

...

9174

117

...

81

...

...

292

...

35

2...

49. B

reak

s In

ters

tate

Par

k...

7...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

25

...

...

34

8...

162

...

...

97

...

...

...

150. W

ise

Count y

...

8...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

46

...

...

49

...

45

...

...

93

...

...

2...

Tota

ls2

1,7

59

12

1,0

33

39

416

22

18

18

410

8,2

45

31,2

11

17,1

19

1,8

80

25

21,5

97

18

175

10,5

69

1241,8

27

1,1

75

273

Clay-colored Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow

Savannah (Ipswich)Sparrow

Le Conte's Sparrow

sparrow, sp.

Lincoln's Sparrow

sharp-tailed sparrow sp.

Seaside Sparrow

Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow

Painted Bunting

Snow Bunting

Rusty Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

White-throated Sparrow

Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco

Song Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

Eastern Meadowlark

Lapland Longspur

Swamp Sparrow


Table

1. S

pecie

s a

nd N

um

bbers

of In

div

iddualss

Seen (

cont.)

S

pe

cie

s:

Co

un

t C

irc

le

1. C

hin

cote

ague

...

668

109

15

56

...

35

72

...

...

...

110

40

144

56,3

98

2. W

achap

reag

ue

...

528

26

121

575

...

773

1...

CW

98

20

124

42,6

30

3. N

assa

wad

ox

...

36

...

35

...

...

399

...

...

3522

23

121

20,2

13

4. C

a pe

Char

les

...

619

41

187

...

CW

214

...

...

1150

2151

32,8

67

5. C

hes

a pea

ke

Bay

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

30

4,8

59

6. L

ittl

e C

reek

...

1,3

25

148

95

...

15

131

...

...

...

101

21

139

31

,894

7. B

ack B

a y...

14,3

15

1,1

10

152

40

...

...

64

...

...

169

91

139

55

,729

8. N

anse

mond R

iver

...

27,1

42

70

527

...

1...

58

...

...

...

323

31

122

79,1

77

9. D

ism

al S

wam

p N

WR

...

112

...

12

...

...

6...

...

...

32

164

...

86

25,0

75

10. N

ewport

New

s...

7,6

35

143

137

...

1...

172

...

...

...

156

77

117

28

,064

11. M

athew

s C

ount y

493

12

42

350

160

2214

12

105

24

,747

12. W

illi

amsb

ur g

...

1,1

44

...

317

...

16

105

...

...

...

90

69

111

33

,331

13. H

opew

ell

...

2,0

95

...

15

...

12

66

...

...

1299

5113

53

,441

14. W

alker

ton

...

57,2

47

...

390,8

50

...

53

167

...

...

...

264

23

98

348,0

94

15. W

ashin

gto

ns

Bir

thpla

ce...

1,3

64

...

5...

...

617

...

...

7468

16

107

42,9

55

16. B

rooke

...

452

...

...

...

2...

60

...

...

5167

104

101

21,5

83

17. F

ort

Bel

voir

...

17,4

92

...

...

89

334

451

...

...

51

,130

814

116

117,3

43

18. C

entr

al L

oudoun C

o.

...

77

...

490

...

85

297

...

...

6240

198

89

28,9

79

19. T

he

Pla

ins

...

...

...

276

...

...

25

22

...

...

13

84

19

90

20,2

12

20. M

anas

sas-

Bull

Run

...

266

...

28

...

...

37

352

...

...

2214

97

76

18,9

99

21. N

okes

vil

le...

2,0

11

...

46

...

19

182

...

...

...

92

116

82

15

,873

22. C

han

cell

ors

vil

le...

13

...

1...

...

CW

90

...

...

969

48

72

6,4

89

23. L

ake

Anna

...

111

...

...

...

...

14

32

...

...

...

86

10

78

3,9

97

24. G

ord

onsv

ille

...

1...

60

...

...

60

60

...

...

...

5...

59

10,5

21

25. C

har

lott

esvil

le...

112

...

...

...

...

45

102

...

...

1257

64

78

12,6

53

26. W

arre

n...

...

...

26

...

...

92

60

...

...

...

179

20

77

10,2

70

27. D

arli

ngto

n H

eights

...

3...

220

...

...

54

46

...

...

...

324

19

70

6,8

13

28. B

anis

ter

Riv

er W

MA

s1

341

...

2...

...

121

...

...

...

44

580

4,5

23

29. L

ynch

burg

...

172

...

22

...

146

217

...

...

9305

114

86

17

,257

30. D

anvil

le...

...

...

...

...

...

557

...

...

...

19

550

1,7

81

31. C

alm

es N

eck

...

5,0

03

...

2,2

52

15

...

30

225

...

...

35

401

316

94

30,6

14

32. N

. S

hen

andoah

Val

ley

...

53

...

208

...

...

279

865

...

21

478

256

107

68,8

77

33. S

hen

andoah

NP

-Lura

y...

258

...

127

2,0

00

...

...

70

...

...

...

60

47

74

11,3

37

34. B

i g F

lat

Mounta

in...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

15

...

40

699

35. R

ock

ingham

County

...

...

...

1...

...

4104

...

...

1218

139

67

8,5

66

36. A

ugust

a C

ounty

...

...

...

35

...

...

2163

...

...

1129

166

77

7,9

63

37. W

aynes

boro

...

1...

9...

...

11

309

...

...

3152

242

78

8,6

81

38. L

exin

gto

n...

...

...

1120

...

190

203

8...

3272

15

74

10,6

89

39. P

eaks

of

Ott

er...

...

...

...

...

...

12

...

...

...

...

40

...

44

1,5

15

40. F

inca

stle

...

...

...

...

...

...

72

95

...

...

12

134

12

74

6,4

22

41. R

oan

oke

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

70

...

...

...

105

67

73

6,2

46

42. B

lack

sbur g

...

...

...

4...

...

23

135

6...

5374

121

89

13

,293

43. G

iles

County

...

...

...

...

...

...

66

...

...

159

13

67

2,3

95

44. T

azew

ell

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

26

...

...

...

13

182

54

3,7

06

45. M

ount

Ro

ger

s-W

hit

etop

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

10

...

...

168

38

46

1,6

92

46. G

lade

Spri

ng

...

1...

1...

...

513

...

...

...

342

53

66

6,2

15

47. B

lack

ford

...

...

...

...

...

...

343

...

...

...

49

173

3,7

75

48. B

rist

ol

...

...

...

...

...

...

CW

73

...

...

4243

17

84

9,3

07

49. B

reak

s In

ters

tate

Par

k...

4...

...

...

...

...

11

...

...

2139

463

1,7

63

50. W

ise

Count y

...

...

...

2...

...

28

...

...

...

66

11

54

2,0

64

Tota

ls1

141,0

94

1,6

59

4,9

46

94,1

91

11

1,2

81

5,6

76

15

2166

9,6

00

3,7

63

213

1,3

82,5

86

Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

blackbird, sp.

Baltimore Oriole

Purple Finch

House Finch

Red Crossbill

Common Redpoll

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Number of species

Total individuals


Ta

ble

2. F

ield

Conditioo

ns (

co

nnt.)

1. C

hin

cote

ague

30.0

033.5

0...

...

63.5

030.0

0217.0

0...

...

247.0

022

12

12

2. W

achap

reag

ue

36.0

033.0

010.0

0...

79.0

034.0

0294.0

035.0

0...

363.0

017

10

10

3. N

assa

wad

ox

37.0

031.0

0...

...

68.0

018.0

0199.0

0...

217.0

018

716

4. C

ape

Char

les

81.0

033.0

05.0

0...

119.0

058.0

0292.0

025.0

0...

375.0

026

815

5. C

hes

apea

ke

Bay

10.0

00.7

5...

...

10.7

52.0

010.0

0...

...

12.0

02

11

6.

Lit

tle

Cre

ek82.0

015.0

05.0

08.0

0110.0

037.0

0228.0

014.0

08.0

0287.0

027

14

16

7.

Bac

k B

ay74.0

021.0

04.0

0...

99.0

036.0

0343.0

020.0

0...

399.0

036

14

19

8. N

anse

mond R

iver

45.0

021.5

0...

...

66.5

017.0

0291.0

0...

...

308.0

016

77

9.

Dis

mal

Sw

amp N

WR

11.5

026.0

0...

8.5

046.0

05.5

0173.0

0...

6.0

0184.5

015

77

10. N

ewport

New

s60.0

037.5

0...

...

97.5

044.5

0352.0

0...

...

396.5

045

13

311. M

athew

s C

ounty

29.0

063.7

5...

...

92.7

521.0

0373.0

0...

...

394.0

036

12

12

12. W

illi

amsb

urg

41.7

539.0

00.2

5...

81.0

027.7

5247.7

53.0

0...

278.5

037

99

13.

Hopew

ell

109.0

042.2

51.0

0...

152.2

568.0

0616.0

05.0

0...

689.0

044

11

14

14.

Wal

ker

ton

35.5

086.5

012.0

0...

134.0

021.7

5292.0

023.0

0...

336.7

537

210

15. W

ashin

gto

ns

Bir

thpla

ce40.2

515.7

54.0

0...

60.0

013.5

0199.0

042.0

0...

254.5

016

812

16. B

rooke

42.0

038.0

0...

...

80.0

035.0

0274.0

0...

...

309.0

025

10

10

17. F

ort

Bel

voir

298.7

543.0

0...

...

341.7

5208.0

0336.2

5...

...

544.2

5155

59

60

18.

Cen

tral

Loudoun C

o.

102.0

054.7

5...

...

156.7

591.5

0510.5

0...

...

602.0

080

24

25

19. T

he

Pla

ins

17.5

030.5

0...

...

48.0

011.0

0241.2

5...

...

252.2

520

49

20. M

anas

sas-

Bull

Run

92.2

529.7

5...

...

122.0

083.0

0155.0

0...

...

238.0

056

21

21

21. N

okes

vil

le27.0

034.0

0...

...

61.0

017.0

0205.0

0...

...

222.0

022

77

22. C

han

cell

ors

vil

le37.0

012.2

5...

...

49.2

519.2

5199.5

0...

...

218.7

514

67

23. L

ake

Anna

4.0

019.2

5...

...

23.2

57.0

0145.0

0...

...

152.0

011

33

24. G

ord

onsv

ille

6.0

027.5

0...

...

33.5

07.5

0269.0

0...

...

276.5

010

55

25. C

har

lott

esvil

le96.0

015.0

0...

3.5

0114.5

075.0

0161.0

0...

3.0

0239.0

036

18

18

26. W

arre

n54.2

518.5

0...

...

72.7

550.0

0273.0

0...

...

323.0

019

119

27. D

arli

ngto

n H

eights

13.5

033.5

0...

...

47.0

014.0

0297.0

0...

...

311.0

020

55

28. B

anis

ter

Riv

er W

MA

s20.5

025.5

0...

...

46.0

014.0

0242.5

0...

...

256.5

010

66

29. L

ynch

burg

48.0

055.5

0...

...

103.5

041.5

0419.0

0...

...

460.5

046

16

16

30.

Dan

vil

le32.5

018.0

0...

...

50.5

08.0

059.5

0...

...

67.5

09

77

31. C

alm

es N

eck

53.0

082.0

0...

...

135.0

043.0

0605.0

0...

...

648.0

058

12

19

32. N

. S

hen

andoah

Val

ley

66.2

5106.2

5...

19.2

5191.7

558.5

0797.5

0...

25.0

0881.0

062

24

25

33. S

hen

andoah

NP

-Lura

y27.7

524.2

5...

...

52.0

024.5

0243.0

0...

...

267.5

014

17

34.

Big

Fla

t M

ounta

in25.7

55.0

0...

...

30.7

533.0

052.5

0...

...

85.5

03

33

35. R

ock

ingham

County

6.7

521.5

0...

...

28.2

57.2

5248.0

0...

...

255.2

525

27

36. A

ugust

a C

ounty

5.7

538.7

5...

4.0

048.5

03.5

0355.0

0...

6.0

0364.5

022

19

37.

Way

nes

boro

20.7

541.0

0...

...

61.7

518.0

0404.5

0...

...

422.5

028

99

38. L

exin

gto

n31.7

514.5

0...

...

46.2

530.5

0149.0

0...

...

179.5

027

213

39.

Pea

ks

of

Ott

er10.0

018.0

0...

...

28.0

011.0

047.0

0...

...

58.0

017

66

40. F

inca

stle

21.0

041.0

0...

...

62.0

019.0

0209.0

0...

...

228.0

025

14

14

41.

Roan

oke

31.0

037.0

0...

...

68.0

037.0

0150.0

0...

...

187.0

025

14

14

42. B

lack

sburg

63.5

039.7

5...

...

103.2

532.0

0322.0

0...

...

354.0

044

17

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Audubon Society of Northern VirginiaAnnandale VA

Augusta Bird ClubAugusta VA

Back Bay Birding ClubVirginia Beach VA

Bath-Highland Bird ClubMonterey VA

Blue Ridge BirdersSparta NC

Bristol Bird ClubBristol VA

Buchanan County Bird ClubGrundy VA

Cape Henry Audubon SocietyCape Henry VA

Clinch Valley Bird ClubTazewell VA

Eastern Shore Bird ClubOnancock VA

Fredericksburg Birding ClubFredericksburg VA

Hampton Roads Bird ClubNewport News VA

Loudon Wildlife ConservancyLoudon Co. VA

Lynchburg Bird ClubLynchburg VA

LOCAL CHAPTERS OF THE VSO:*

Margaret H. Watson Bird ClubFarmville VA

Monticello Bird ClubCharlottesville VA

New River Valley Bird ClubBlacksburg VA

Northern Neck of Virginia Audubon SocietyKilmarnock VA

Northern Shenandoah Valley Audubon SocietyWinchester VA

Northern Virginia Bird ClubArlington VA

Richmond Audubon SocietyRichmond VA

Roanoke Valley Bird ClubRoanoake VA

Rockingham Bird ClubHarrisonburg VA

Russell County Bird ClubLebanon VA

Southside Bird ClubDanville VA

Virginia Beach AudubonVirginia Beach VA

Virginia Bluebird SocietyFredericksburg VA

Williamsburg Bird ClubWilliamsburg VA

* to contact a local chapter, see the VSO website athttp://www.virginiabirds.net/

INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS

The Raven, the official journal of the Virginia Society of Ornithology (VSO), functions to publish original contributions and original review articles in ornithology relating to Virginia Birdlife. Electronic files are the required form for manuscript submission. Text files, prepared using a Mac OS-compatible word processing program or Microsoft® Word, should contain minimal formatting. Graphics (photos, maps, graphs, charts) should be sent as high quality EPS or JPEG files. An accompanying “cover” file should be emailed to the editor stating (1) article title, (2) author(s) full name(s) and email and home or institutional address(es) and, for multi-authored manuscripts, (3) the name of one author designated to carry out correspondence with the editor. If the manuscript or report is technical, a list of persons who would be appropriate reviewers should also be included in the “cover file.” Authors are encouraged to consult with the editor on additional matters of content, format, or style. NOTE: Editorship of The Raven will change on January 1, 2010. After that date, all cover and manuscript files and any other Raven-related correspondence should be sent to: Wesley M. Brown <[email protected]>.

Most Manuscripts published in The Raven concern the distribution, abundance and migration of birds in Virginia. Manuscripts on other ornithological topics, including Virginia-based historical reviews, bibliographical reviews, life histories, and behavioral observations, are also welcomed. In addition, the journal serves to publish the official proceedings of the VSO and other formal items pertaining to all aspects of the Society’s activities. The Raven may also publish articles pertaining to the activities of various public and private organizations engaged in biological and conservation work in Virginia. The Raven is a peer-reviewed journal; all feature articles and short communications are reviewed before a decision about acceptance for publication is made.

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